Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I went on grubbing for wood . |
| 2 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 3 | ‘ But I did not declare for the Light-Bringer , and I have never done so since . |
| 4 | I was fond of Uncle Geordie , my mother 's youngest brother , but I did n't care for his wife . |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you , kind sir , but I did n't dress for you . |
| 6 | I remember there were invitations given out to go to it , sherry party , I had an invitation but I did n't go for some reason |
| 7 | He says : ‘ I felt that when Alastair Burnet left a solo-anchor was a possibility , but I did n't fight for it , I did n't lobby . |
| 8 | ‘ The first time we met I thought she was gorgeous but I did n't ask for her phone number because I imagined every man must do that . |
| 9 | On the previous days they had been out to some meals , but she had also cooked for them . |
| 10 | Rachel stiffened , wondering what was coming next , thinking that Belinda might ask why Jennifer was n't his girlfriend any longer and wondering how he would answer , but she had n't bargained for Belinda 's line of reasoning . |
| 11 | But she had not bargained for a complete refusal to attend . |
| 12 | It was empty , Jo was by this time awake ( having crept earlier to bed ) , but she did n't move for fear of her father 's anger interpreting his shouts of rage , she gathered that her mother was gone and realising what damage he could consequently do to her and her baby , she knew that she had to escape . |
| 13 | Some women might find him attractive , but she did n't go for loose-limbed , olive-skinned men whose black hair flopped across their foreheads . |
| 14 | She thought that her father probably now earned more than £100,000 a year , but she did not know for sure because it was nine years since she had last visited him , four years since she had last received a Christmas card from him . |
| 15 | Watching them warm up was impressive , but we did n't wait for the show , wanting an early start for one of the best lines on the mountain . |
| 16 | That Mr er did live at the flat erm with his wife , there may have been children but we did n't know for certain and that the previous night two male persons appeared to have been there . |
| 17 | But they had merely asked for it — petitioned — begged — like ‘ humble servants ’ — if your Grace would graciously grant … |
| 18 | The superb frescoes , concealed from sight by Muslim prejudice for nearly five hundred years , were again on view , but they did not compensate for a profound sense of desecration . |
| 19 | THEY had a homosexual , a nymphomaniac , an alcoholic and a Cockney crook — but they did n't reckon for a serial killer . |
| 20 | You may say the Americans were wonderful with their ambulances but they did n't pay for the dairy and half the animals were dead already or had to be slaughtered . |
| 21 | He had known his mother would be on stage and her dresser Jessie in the wings waiting to help her with her quick change , and Bunty alone ; but he had not bargained for her not being dressed . |
| 22 | He slotted one of his locally acquired S/M videos — ultra-hardcore , but he knew where to go for his supplies — into his television and settled back to enjoy himself . |
| 23 | But he 'd never known for certain and still did n't know now . |
| 24 | But he did n't care for his students or pull out of them what they had and what could be augmented . |
| 25 | But he did n't press for an explanation . |
| 26 | He still left home at eight each morning , but he did n't head for the office , he wandered round town , visiting anywhere that was free such as the library , or even the museums ; the guides came to know him , one even greeted him when he entered . |
| 27 | FitzAlan might suspect that something had happened between them , but he did n't know for sure . |
| 28 | ‘ Do n't be silly — ! ’ she started to say , but he did n't wait for her to finish . |
| 29 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |
| 30 | But he did not wait for a reply before throwing himself to one side as a sabre whistled down and buried itself deep in the brickwork of the window sill where he had been sitting . |