Example sentences of "but for a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Only five or six farms were involved in this tragedy ; but for a few minutes at least we traverse fields brought into being by the high-handed action of a fifteenth-century squire , and pass by the mounds where the hamlet of Holyoak once stood . |
2 | But for a few hours today there was hope . |
3 | The LP is produced by Jessica Corcoran in tandem with the band and coincides with the tail end of their current tour , a sell-out but for a few tickets for their London show at The Kilburn National on April 4 . |
4 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
5 | Mr Singh and i drove through the wide streets of New Delhi , empty now but for a few pilgrims washing under the public pumps near the shrine of Nizamuddin . |
6 | Friends were able to find an alternative , but for a few moments Marilyn said she could not believe it was happening to her and looked about for the dreaded Jeremy Beadle . |
7 | Every child knows that a country which ceased to work , I will not say for a year , but for a few weeks , would die . |
8 | There 's somebody came in today , a guy came in today who used to work with us who usually comes in occasionally and I would see him , but for a few weeks now , so he noticed it . |