Example sentences of "but [subord] [pron] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed improbable that the fine hot weather should continue right through the summer , but so it did for most of us . |
| 2 | She thanked them for their efforts but although they waited for a tip it was not forthcoming , so they went off grumbling . |
| 3 | But if one looks for Britain 's centre of gravity , it is found to be nearer the first in each pair of choices above . |
| 4 | But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it . |
| 5 | But if we allow for registration and demography , this election has n't changed the structure of Scottish politics much . |
| 6 | But if we consider for example the kind of idea about " aesthetics " or aesthetic experience " held by Adorno we can begin to understand this persistence . |
| 7 | There 's no doubt it 's going to be difficult for us but if we play for 90 minutes the same way we did against Cork in the first half last week , we 'll return with something from the game . ’ |
| 8 | Of course , at the end of the day they pay the same for them whether directly or through taxation , but if they pay for them directly , in return for service or as private insurance , then their incentives to work for them are greater and the economy benefits . |
| 9 | That is true , but if somebody applied for planning permission tomorrow or a or a renewal of planning permission , it would be difficult if not impossible to refuse permission for those to be committed . |
| 10 | But if he decides for Mrs. McLoughlin , then he has intervened in Mr. O'Brian 's life even though the latter was not warned that this would happen . |
| 11 | But if he springs for the Savoy , he 's going to want to try out the stuff he saw in Swedish Au Pairs Get Raunchy . ’ |
| 12 | Experience may help you take some of these into account but if you went for a fixed fee you may have to pitch it at such a level to allow for these that it 's perhaps twice what it might be and you could lose the client . |
| 13 | The complete programme has yet to be finalised but if you wish for more information please contact the Medau Office Epsom 29056 or send S.A.E. |
| 14 | But if you ask for it face to face they 'll blo they 'll say well no I do n't do you did n't say that . |
| 15 | But if you wait for the cholesterol advice pendulum to complete its swing , you can probably tuck into a cream doughnut instead . |
| 16 | ‘ But if you allow for a middleman … ’ |
| 17 | But like I say for seven years he just sat and did n't want to do nothing . |
| 18 | They are trying to guard me … but until I see for myself , how do I decide if I want to be protected ? |
| 19 | But because they refused for one reason or another to dis you know to have talks with the press or television or the ministers , whoever , I think they they burnt their boats . |
| 20 | Perhaps the most significant intellectual advance of the mid-20th century was indeed made by Karl Popper , not because he provided any kind of method for scientists to pursue ( as he decidedly did not ) but because he showed for the first time in formal philosophy , that science is inescapably a human activity , and that if its underlying human-ness is ever shelved it is only temporarily , and for convenience , to ameliorate human frailty . |
| 21 | Even the Darwinian theory of evolution was impressive , not because the concept of evolution was new — it had been familiar for decades — but because it provided for the first time a satisfactory explanatory model for the origin of species , and did so in terms which were entirely familiar even to non-scientists , since they echoed the most familiar concept of the liberal economy , competition . |
| 22 | But while he argues for general connections between the rites , incidentally ignoring the many repudiations of Gnosticism that were made of it by early Christian leaders , his viewpoint is much more balanced than Scobie 's . ) |
| 23 | Soon Godwin was to sell the shop to Collins — and trigger its slow decline — but before he quit for a job as chief editor with Penguin Books he decided to open a paperback section in Old Compton Street . |
| 24 | But after he browsed for a while staff in the Los Angeles shop , told Jacko , above , they were out of stock . |
| 25 | But though everyone acts for himself , his knowledge of what others are doing is supposed to be generally sufficient to prevent him from taking a lower or paying a higher price than others are doing . |
| 26 | Jones and another top Brit Ieuan Ellis have been flown in … the rest of the field has to be recruited … the New York marathon started with only 20 … but when they gather for the pasta party on the eve of the race … 150 have been signed up … 18 nations will be running |
| 27 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 28 | But when we went for a fitting , the garments had been made with buttons just sewn onto tacky fake buttonholes . |
| 29 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 30 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |