Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] [verb] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Christy was playing unbelievable golf , but nothing would drop for him . |
2 | He 's a fool but I would die for him . ’ |
3 | ‘ Thanks , but I 'll wait for you . ’ |
4 | Yeah but I shall go for it but if any other jobs come up at the hospital I 'll apply for them |
5 | But I 'd settle for you sitting still for a while . " |
6 | ‘ I 've got an old pal of yours in here — David Bowie ’ , he said , ‘ we 're talking about making an album but he 's got this song which I do n't like at all , but you might care for it . |
7 | ‘ But you 'll wait for me ? ’ |
8 | Mere mortals but you should care for them . |
9 | ‘ She does not , ’ he said , adding savagely , ‘ but she might care for me a little ! ’ |
10 | But we could send for it . |
11 | [ Guevara then went on to mention ] some things he had in mind : — ( 1 ) That they could not give back the expropriated properties … but they could pay for them in trade . |
12 | But he 'll pay for it . |
13 | But he 'll wait for me . ’ |
14 | He 'd play — yes , but he 'd play for them , for these stricken people ; he 'd play something they 'd know , something that might lift their hearts in their plight and strengthen them to defy their oppressors . |