Example sentences of "but [prep] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for me the metal is a little better for my playing style . ’ |
| 2 | But for me the years in Nigeria were marred by serious blunders . |
| 3 | Some think it looks a bit '70s but I disagree ; if it were sandwiched with mahogany , maybe , but for me the maple just adds a nice touch of detail . |
| 4 | We all enjoy a British victory and Nick did a great job in pulling his game back in the last four holes but for me the victory was soured by the silly and jingoistic utterances of the Radio 5 team . |
| 5 | But for me the agent for personality change is not hormonal . |
| 6 | But for her the chance of actually buying can be only a dream . |
| 7 | But for her the difference of sex is essentially of no more import than are differences of race . |
| 8 | I realise his problem is an addiction , rather like gambling — but for him the thrill is high-risk financial ideas . |
| 9 | The English liberals studied their seventeenth-century predecessors with great attention — Wordsworth frequently refers with enthusiasm to Milton and Algernon Sidney — but for them the land of the free was on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 10 | Latin Americans quoted the verse of the Spanish patriots of 1808 in defence of the patria against the despotism of the foreigner : but for them the patria was ‘ all the great extent of both Americas ’ and the oppressor Spain . |
| 11 | These particular ones wo n't be going that far , but for them the Church of England will never be the same again . |
| 12 | But for us the effort still far outweighed the really terrifying prospect of trying to make a living working forty-hour weeks , as our father would have said , " like proper , responsible adults " . |
| 13 | There is a lot you can do when you get back to the original mix tape , but for us the mix was all part of the creative process and I do n't really want to remix stuff . |
| 14 | He cried , ‘ Hey , you guys , come on , I 've got one , ’ but behind him the school yard was silent . |
| 15 | The façade proclaims success , but behind it the building dwindles to nothing . |
| 16 | But with they the hay coles that was ? |
| 17 | It is a vital read for the fan , but in it the group become parodies of themselves . |
| 18 | The events of the last few days had made Charles forget about Jacqui 's flat being done over , but inside it the evidence was all too clear . |
| 19 | The cinema shed a little light on the way of life in America but to them the continent was an unknown place with unintelligible languages . |
| 20 | But to me the excitement of the job is so much that if something comes along , I do n't think twice . |
| 21 | But to me the man is also important . |
| 22 | The men talk as cheerfully as ever ; jests are bandied about freely ; but to me the cheer is sombre and jests are ghastly . ’ |
| 23 | The highland springs are seen as natural but to me the Pennines a rather grimy image . |
| 24 | Luckily there are more of these around now erm but to me the community approach is having people that are aware enough , teachers for instance erm others that are erm happy with these sort of ways , just helping people anybody they meet , just boosting up their confidence , encouraging them to speak , erm giving , you know , praise to each other for a start , rather than putting each other down . |
| 25 | But to her the heat was oppressive , stifling |
| 26 | A consultative committee would be an assured way of helping the travelling public , but without it the problem will be passed to the Government . |
| 27 | But without it the advantages that a system of graded tests has over a GCSE or A level system will be lost . |
| 28 | She had n't made love with him , but for him the battle had already been won , and she would no longer present a challenge . |