Example sentences of "for [pers pn] but [pron] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daphne would happily have paid for them but I would n't allow her to as I wanted my classmates to think we were pals . |
| 2 | ‘ This is a new chance for me but I ca n't say yet that it 's the beginning of something long term . |
| 3 | ‘ I am afraid it will not be a very happy Christmas for you but you will not lose your job , ’ said the judge . |
| 4 | He looked so utterly miserable that she tried to feel sorry for him but she could not . |
| 5 | It had been very different for her but he could n't be held responsible for her folly . |
| 6 | He offered to carry the bags for her but she would n't hear of it . |
| 7 | No some other people were saying about that , you know , ah that they , you know that they were gon na put in for it but they would n't let them cos it was shop , you know , blah blah blah . |