Example sentences of "but [pron] [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but I went straight for the directory . |
| 2 | They said twelve , but I think really for the humour alone they needed to be about fifteen or sixteen because they did n't understand it . |
| 3 | ‘ An officer signalled for her to stop but she carried on for a mile and mounted the kerb on one occasion , ’ Tony Malyon , prosecuting , told Pontypool magistrates . |
| 4 | She was not a violent demonstrator as a suffragette but she worked hard for the women 's vote , and at times vociferously at public meetings . |
| 5 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
| 6 | In fact , these advisory councils neither have the strength conferred by expert knowledge , nor the experience of full-time work in the field , nor the responsibility conferred by direct election , but they cover up for the assumed need for some outside , popular supervision of these administrative agencies . |
| 7 | Leicester wobbled , but they hung on for the record equalling win . |
| 8 | But he lines up for the Welsh All-Blacks today , hoping to take another step towards erasing the memory . |
| 9 | But he went along for the ride , hoping he could put his spoke in and cancel the idea . |
| 10 | I know that my father did use it for a while , lighting the stove with it , but he has n't for a while . |
| 11 | From Pforta in 1864 he went to the University of Bonn to read classical philology and theology , but he stayed only for a single year . |
| 12 | ’ The child was still crying as Alan sat down with him , but he grasped greedily for the milk . |
| 13 | But it remained still for a moment and there was the shimmer of silver about the boy 's head . |