Example sentences of "but [adv] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another of his treasures , the seventh volume of Gaud Maybellome 's Encyclopaedia of Heavenly Signs , originally written in the language of Third Dominion academics but widely translated for the delectation of the proletariat , he 'd bought from a woman in the city of Jassick , who 'd approached him in a gaming room where he was attempting to explain cricket to a group of the locals , and said she recognized him from stories her husband ( who was in the Autarch 's army in Yzordderrex ) had told . |
| 2 | In 1917 he could refer Garvin to a speech made in 1905 where he stated his ideal for the British Empire : ‘ we think of a group of states , all independent in their own local concerns , but all united for the defence of their common interests and the defence of a common civilisation , united not in an alliance — for alliances can be made and unmade — but in a permanent organic union' . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , I ca n't do the noises , ’ said Tommy , ‘ but just wait for the smell ! ’ |
| 4 | Ian Black in Tel Aviv asks whether Israel , willing but hardly prepared for the influx , can cope . |
| 5 | The area close to the pond was owned by county councillor Peter Constable Maxwell and the Maxwell Family Trust , but the family generously not only made the land available at no charge , but also paid for the landscaping closest to the pond . |
| 6 | The Committee not only recommended statutory provision making all surrogacy agreements illegal and therefore unenforceable in the courts , but also called for the introduction of legislation rendering it a criminal act for any person to assist in the establishment of a surrogate pregnancy . |