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Example sentences of "but [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1	The later chapters on the regions of Britain describe particular local features but for each region you should remember that many of the people are engaged in the activities indicated on these pages .
2	But for good measure we added extra benefits to ensure that the policy is right for the risks that householders face today .
3	It lacked the sophistication of a complex buildup like Tottenham 's , say , but for sheer excitement it was unsurpassed .
4	CLEARING up after a volcano may sound like a nightmare , but for one man it was a dream come true .
5	The task of bringing up children is tough for any parent but for one man it 's particularly difficult .
6	It 's very high , you know , the interest payments are very high , but for that money you 've borrowed you 'll only pay say , just for a a figure , five hundred pound back for that twenty thousand , five you know ,
7	But for that moment you are there for them .
8	No doubt they mean well where the arts are concerned , he wrote , but for that reason they are the biggest menace .
9	No doubt they think they have the interests of the artist at heart , he wrote , but for that reason they must be avoided like the plague .
10	If we get sufficiently close , the experience can be memorable , but for high drama we need to summon our courage to enter the cluster .
11	I adore what other players get from Marshall amps but for some reason they 've never done the same for me , so this one 's going to have to prove itself , the same as the rest .
12	But for some reason they did n't , for some reason I do n't know , for some reason they sort of burrowed into the of the earlier range , causing a couple of hundred years later in the early seventeenth century , absolute disaster because the whole of that range began to settle down .
13	But for some reason they feel that they 're not as hot on employer work or something like that , so one of the targets might be to get them more used to dealing with employers is to go out and see more , and to set time
14	My father 's great , but for some reason we have an abrasive effect on each other in a crisis .
15	I admit I came close , the night I delivered those flowers , but for some reason you did n't think to introduce us .
16	But for some reason I can not remember , it was impossible to get permission to ship the motor bike .
17	They 're all rogues here but for some reason I like them , I 'm drawn to them .
18	At least , that was the thought I had , but for some reason I must have found it very nice because I stayed for 30 years ! ’
19	" But for some reason I was not happy about it .
20	Erm , I , I apologize but for some reason I ca n't explain that the recommendations on , on this items twelve B one and twelve B two should read as follows .
21	Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp .
22	But for some reason it was decided not to go ahead .
23	The case of Mrs Duncan influenced him strongly , but for some reason it was Anna Beckett more than anyone who made up his mind .
24	This seemed to me a perfectly reasonable statement , but for some reason it set Nigel off laughing .
25	His head banged against the wall when they reached the landing , but for some reason it did n't hurt at all .
26	Stephen said this very seriously but for some reason it made the wedge-faced sergeant guffaw .
27	But for some reason it just refuses to go away .
28	And it was such an obvious explanation that she ought to have thought of it herself , but for some reason it had never for one moment crossed her mind .
29	But for some reason he was unwilling to tell Parry about the stranger in the mist .
30	But for some reason she forgot on this occasion and I did not stop to remind her .