Example sentences of "but for [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 | 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 . |