Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |
| 32 | Jane Austen has her abbeys too , but she values them for rather different reasons . |
| 33 | It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again . |
| 34 | ’ But she bought it for me and it 's brilliant . |
| 35 | ‘ To buy a player of Kevin 's experience would cost a fortune but we got him for free . |
| 36 | We already have a car , motor cycle and bicycle lined up , but we need someone for the bus and train . |
| 37 | No , but we need it for |
| 38 | But Eileen replied reasonably , ‘ None of us was keen on her , Anne , but we hid it for Mum 's sake and Grandma never realised it . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | ‘ But they bought it for £46 million and sold it six months later for £92 million , and there was nothing we could do about it . ’ |
| 41 | They do n't tell you what it 's all about , but they pay you for it . ’ |
| 42 | They might fear you , hate you , and try to exorcise you back into the fifth dimension , but they accept you for what you are . |
| 43 | But he said nothing for 24 hours and later , in a panic , sent police in the opposite direction . |
| 44 | He needed a drink before he spoke to McGann , and Dowd , ever the anticipator , had already mixed him a whisky and soda , but he forsook it for fear it would loosen his tongue . |
| 45 | He , he home last in the fifty fly but he finished it for once . |
| 46 | But he does nothing for his studies . |
| 47 | ‘ But he has you for company , ’ began Ruth . |
| 48 | He accepted this he was too young to do anything else — but he hated her for saying it . |
| 49 | But he hated himself for being drawn to her , however briefly , because he was personally involved … |
| 50 | He was going to Brazil and agreed to help me , but he wanted nothing for his help . |
| 51 | Yeah , but he wanted you for slave work ! |
| 52 | He played a diabolical second shot and he must have finished all of 20 yards from the hole , but he sank it for a 3 . |
| 53 | all I thought like I was passing a bit of gossip , but he paid me for it |
| 54 | Angel could not accept his father 's narrow religious beliefs , but he loved him for his courage . |
| 55 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 56 | How I thought he could help me I do n't know , but he invited me for lunch , anyway , and he was lovely . |
| 57 | Born in Warsaw in 1905 , his full name was Marius Ladislas Steniatowski , but he shortened it for convenience when his parents came to England in 1921 . |
| 58 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 59 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 60 | But it omits what for members of the RSC may be his most significant contribution . |