Example sentences of "but for [art] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 2 | These notions of the automatisation of processes which no longer require close monitoring are described in more detail in Underwood ( 1982 ) , but for the present purposes it is sufficient to note that attention can only be devoted to higher-level activities , such as comprehension , when lower-level activities have become skilled through practice . |
| 3 | Aromatherapy can help many disorders , but for the best results it should form part of a holistic health regime . |
| 4 | But for the real enthusaists it 's the Russians and their East European neighbours which have aroused the most interest . |
| 5 | John Bunyan wrote of the reading of his youth : " Give me a ballad , a news-book , George on horseback , or Bevis of Southampton ; give me some book that teaches curious arts , that tells of old fables ; but for the holy Scriptures I cared not . " |