Example sentences of "but [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to say , ‘ I ca n't do it or I ca n't remember it ’ , but stop it for a bit and then go back to it , and then you 'll find you 've got it . |
| 2 | But let us for the moment look at the word that signifies the process or action itself : the word kill . |
| 3 | It decided not to pay out the sums so received to individual solicitors as a sort of dividend but to apply them for the benefit of the profession as a whole . |
| 4 | But getting it for the Megatape ? |
| 5 | ‘ Not in this weather , but thank you for the thought , my dear one . |
| 6 | ‘ No — but thank you for the contact . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ No , but thank you for the offer . |