Example sentences of "but [prep] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People talk about how much of a shock , a wonderful shock , it is the first time you realise that there are places like ours that you can go , but for Boy I had the feeling that coming to The Bar did n't feel like that much of a change in his routine . |
| 2 | The Romantic ideal of the free artist , creating from inner conviction , was not far off , but for Mozart it had not yet arrived . |
| 3 | But for Britain it is reckoning on just 0.4 per cent growth this year and 0.9 per cent in 1993 . |
| 4 | The T'ang 's words were a harmless play on the name of the Longjing ch'a , but for Ben they seemed to hold a special meaning . |
| 5 | But for decades it 's been used as a giant dustbin . |
| 6 | DERBY finally had the fans singing their praises following a 3-1 home win — but for Birmingham it was just another taste of the blues . |
| 7 | For an essay referencing is extremely important but for exams it 's nt but just get the names in not necessarily the years Okay , when you think of erm any , when you 're revising stuff and you want to learn studies , try and put them in a context . |
| 8 | Well there is not for Kathy but for Kathy she thought this would be . |
| 9 | To some they 're simply an engaging fantasy , but for others they create a secret world that can last a lifetime . |
| 10 | For many of them , their inability to maintain a safe environment is only temporary , but for others it may be permanent . |
| 11 | For some enterprising footballers like Celtic 's Harry Hood or Aberdeen 's Willie Miller , the pub is a business opportunity run to the highest standards , but for others it can be either a modest earner , an extension of their drinking or a desperate attempt to grab a livelihood from the cinders of football , an industry that has never fully protected the talent it exploits . |
| 12 | It was an alternative to secure employment for some who fit the popular image of the early retired , but for others it was a refuge from economic insecurity in the labour market . |
| 13 | For Sidgwick and for some modern utilitarians ( such as J.J.C. Smart ) recognition of this reduces conflict between utilitarianism and ordinary moral common sense , but for others it is a symptom of a kind of bad faith which is endemic to utilitarianism . |
| 14 | It still ca n't handle halftones but for text it is more than adequate . |
| 15 | But for females it is best to be as large as can be achieved so as to be able to produce most eggs . |
| 16 | Hercules , paying a visit , seduced her and she gave birth to a son , Telephus , with unfortunate consequences for them both , but for Hercules it was a passing encounter . |
| 17 | But for Israel it was the outward sign of a relationship : God was to be their God ; they were to be his people . |
| 18 | But for Israel it is the beginning . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's not something we 're opposed to in all circumstances , but for nurses we think there are major practical problems , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 20 | But for Boro it worked . |
| 21 | ‘ Yeah , to a large degree I still scoop a lot out for the rhythm sound , but for lead I add a bit of mid . |
| 22 | But for Maxim it was still the other way around : the landscape beyond the train window was just for show ; secretly he knew those buildings were mere façades , without interior floors , furniture or live people . |
| 23 | Ash is produced when the coal is burnt and has proved to be something for the salvation for many plants and animals the ash is so fine that it has to be turned into a slurry and put into the to settle out these can be up to eight years during which time it becomes none the less but an artificial mud flat quickly colonized by weeds , pioneers crucial to the complex way of life in our natural world But for bird-watchers it is the bird that attracted to these artificial mud flats that are the most exciting development within the boundaries of these power station nature reserves . |
| 24 | I wanted to try them on right there but for months he let them dangle in the closet upstairs , growing the wrinkles and airpockets that would finally fit his shape , the peculiar wishbone of his shanks . |
| 25 | The next letter from Miller , dated 2 February 1756 , acknowledged three from Bartram and two boxes of plants and he added ‘ To the first of your letters , I returned an answer in September last , but for fear it may miscarry , I beg leave to repeat the substance of that here . ’ |
| 26 | But for Heseltine it brought a kettleful of resentment , accumulated over more than six years , to boiling-point . |
| 27 | ‘ Thomas is an extremely bright boy , but for years he was made to feel stupid because he was falling behind his classmates and nobody could understand why , ’ said Mr Bland , a communications con sultant . |
| 28 | It 's ideal for birds with the high frequency voice , but for people they the speech is a bit lower in frequency and does n't work quite so well . |
| 29 | And it 's easier to get along with brother so and so and sister so and so , but for goodness me I find , I find it ever so difficult to talk to sister so and so and there 's an area perhaps that we can er think about , stay awake by being respectful and obedient and that 's something that is very important because it 's completely opposite in the world today , respect for all authority and obedience to it is absolutely gone by the ways I find refrain from criticism and careless talk so there are the main points , but as we say we ca n't go into them all , well , so what we 're going to do is to try and just highlight one or two little areas which we could er enlarge on or put the magnifying glass on , so shall we do that ? |
| 30 | It was all right for Dana , because he was just another foreigner , but for Jordi it was impossible . |