Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] they for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have a full staff here but I released them for the fiesta in Palma . |
| 2 | ‘ I had to coax two into it because they are not very experienced cook , but I chose them for that very reason , ’ he says . |
| 3 | ‘ Paul , carry some of these for me ; they would have delivered them , but I wanted them for tonight . ’ |
| 4 | Jane Austen has her abbeys too , but she values them for rather different reasons . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 7 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 8 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |