Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 2 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 3 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 4 | Yeah but I want it for the men that 's going to alter the gas . |
| 5 | Tough shit really , but I soften it for the sake of the delicacies of future interaction . |
| 6 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 7 | I used to go and fetch the , the butter from do n't bring margarine my father used to say we put better stuff on our machines so er I used to go to for my father kept foul , I used to fetch a peck of , bushel of this and a bushel of , you know all the various things that , bran and stuff for the foul yes , yes and I believe a lady , she has , she 's only recently died and but she kept it for a long long while Elsie her name was . |
| 8 | We already have a car , motor cycle and bicycle lined up , but we need someone for the bus and train . |
| 9 | He lived down Gypsy Lane with his two sisters , he was a single man you see and my father and mother lived here and my , they not only mended shoes but they made them and er course naturally , you know , well of course Needham was n't as big as it is now but they made them for the best people , if that , if that 's the right , not the right expression say , but er but you know what I mean er and er and he , you know , all his life you see he did that and then one day he had a shock because his er , what would you call him colleague , he , he died suddenly in the night . |
| 10 | He played a diabolical second shot and he must have finished all of 20 yards from the hole , but he sank it for a 3 . |
| 11 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 12 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 13 | But it did nothing for the glass . |
| 14 | Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life . |