Example sentences of "but [pers pn] was [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not wishing to be a pansy , I stepped up my pace too , but I was no match for the male legs I was pursuing since both of my spindly little limbs could fit into the right leg of his breeches . |
| 2 | He looked upon himself as absolutely bound to obey the papal decree ; but he was no crusader for the principle which it enshrined . |
| 3 | Mr Iqbal , 37 , was a black belt judo expert but he was no match for Vernage 's knife . |
| 4 | Oh , he was charming and debonair — but he was no match for Damian Flint . |
| 5 | But he was a man for the proprieties . |
| 6 | Salisbury did not share half the views held by those who accepted his lead , but he was a focus for the increasing Unionist discontent , a respectable public figure acting from the highest motives ; by 1921 he had made the diehard opposition a formidable force . |
| 7 | I do n't think Lou remembers how hard we worked , but it was every weekend for 18 months , going over and over these songs until we had all these dismembered arrangements we became famous for . |
| 8 | I doubted that , but it was no time for me to talk out of turn . |
| 9 | I cried — a bit of an exaggeration , but it was no moment for exactitudes , ‘ And now I 've got only one kidney . |
| 10 | A frank talk was a help , but it was no substitute for knowing what it was like to have to milk cows at the crack of dawn every morning or mend fences , or battle with the elements , and so he began a series of annual stays on Duchy farms . |
| 11 | There was a consensus of sorts among businessmen and trade unionists , but it was a consensus for protection of the home market and statutory cartels to control output and prices . |
| 12 | ‘ The drama lasted no more than l0 minutes but it was a nightmare for the poor mother . ’ |
| 13 | It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) . |
| 14 | It was a common enough tragedy , but it was a job for the Juvenile Bureau not for him and the sooner one of their officers arrived the better . |
| 15 | But it was an occasion for spectators rather than bidders and only two lots exceeded expectations , Eric Gill 's fine , if slightly sweet , stone carving , ‘ Mother and Child ’ ( lot 20 , est. £25,000–35,000 ) , described by the auction house as his most important sculpture to come to the market for ten years and bought by a telephone bidder against the Fine Art Society for £56,000 ( $85,680 ) , and Graham Sutherland 's boldly coloured ‘ Palm Palisade ’ ( lot 88 , est. £40,000–60,000 ) which was acquired by Agnews for £68,000 ( $104,040 ) after competition with private dealers Ivor Braka and underbidder Jamie Maclean . |
| 16 | Most people joined it for humanitarian reasons but it was an outlet for all kinds of disgust . |
| 17 | But it was the call for investment that aroused the most plain fears , and these have been compounded in recent days by a clutch of investments in Eastern Europe by big western manufacturers . |
| 18 | Now that oil is the main fuel for ships and other transport , the export of coal has almost ended but it was the reason for the early growth of Cardiff and for the long ribbons of terraced houses in the valleys of the coalfield . |
| 19 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |