Example sentences of "but [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Search me , squire , ’ I replied , ‘ But off the top of my bonce I 'll hazard a guess how many have masturbated ! ’ |
| 2 | Altrincham , flirting with danger near the bottom of the GM Vauxhall Conference , are at home to Port Vale ; Yeovil , nearer the top but off the pace , greet Hereford . |
| 3 | But Off the record detectives refer to the burglary boom as one of Britain 's few growth industries . |
| 4 | I was glad to accept the honour not so much for myself but for the cutter service as a whole when it was confirmed that I was to attend at Buckingham Palace the following summer . |
| 5 | She rather thought he was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture , but for the life of her , whether he thought it unforgivable or not , she just had to burst out laughing , and ‘ Lubor ! ’ she laughed . |
| 6 | I remember that there was terrible screaming and that blows were delivered , but for the life of me I ca n't recall ever making sense of the basic problem . |
| 7 | Then she hid it well , she mused , even if her awe was n't for his title , but for the man . |
| 8 | At least it 's worth a celebration cigar and not just for Arthur Daley , Britain 's beat known comedy Crook , but for the man who 's played him in the Minder series George Cole , although he reckons Arthur would be knocking out replicas already . |
| 9 | But for the man in the street of course or anything does n't give you any such a look ahead information . |
| 10 | The Government can encourage firms to train more , but for the Government to impose taxes on companies to insist that they train more does not take into account the effects , demands and needs of different industries . |
| 11 | British public opinion welcomed the Charter but for the government it involved repudiating the policies of protection and imperial preference , adopted in the depths of the world depression . |
| 12 | But for the Magistrate one way presented as many difficulties as the other . |
| 13 | Until now , however , there has been no prize which has honoured our major creative writers not just for a single work but for the achievement of a lifetime . ’ |
| 14 | THE best battle at Stamford Bridge is not on the London football pitch , but for the turf itself . |
| 15 | Sedate and relaxed it all is , but for the warning : ‘ crocodiles inhabit these estuarine waters ’ . |
| 16 | This is necessary not only for the individual but for the development of society . |
| 17 | To return to the central question about how the boundaries of special educational provision and therefore of support teaching are to be defined , I shall argue in the remainder of this chapter that although the ‘ individual ’ approach represents what has always traditionally been accepted to be our role , to continue to define our responsibilities in these purely individual terms could have serious consequences , not only for the future of support teaching when we come to evaluate it , but for the development of comprehensive education as a whole . |
| 18 | Silence , but for the hiss of blood in my ears and the thud of my heart . |
| 19 | The battles of heterodoxy against orthodoxy are not just for changes , but for the autonomization of a given field from the field of power . |
| 20 | The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words . |
| 21 | In September 1329 Edward sent a yeoman of his household , William Montague , to enlist the aid of the pope in the matter of appointments ‘ not only for our own needs but for the advancement of the people of our household and for others ’ . |
| 22 | In the night it was difficult to know that she was there , but for the wall of the screen . |
| 23 | But for the help of a friend who sleeps in the bungalow at night , and who can help her go to the toilet if she needs to , she says she would have to go into a home . |
| 24 | That philosophy requires tests that have not been done before in the US , and that may never have been done but for the consortium 's help . |
| 25 | Understeer and roll are well contained , but for the enthusiast driver the Paseo 's dull turn-in and bland steering are disappointing . |
| 26 | In 1989–90 it took in £5 billion and paid out £9 billion , the following year 's net outflow was £1 billion but for the year just ended there was a £1 billion inflow and now that the government really needs cash , it is probably looking for about £5 billion this year . |
| 27 | We do not remember them for all the facts which they rammed into our heads , nor for praise or punishment , but for the way that they seemed to recognize our inner selves , and spoke to our essence . |
| 28 | But for the way we actually use and pronounce our English language . |
| 29 | But for the remainder of the Fifties the initiative was seized in the Soviet Union , and often the world , by this gifted peasant , a copy-book proletarian , a metal worker who did not read or write until he was in his twenties and who summed up in his character so many of the strengths and weaknesses of the Communist system . |
| 30 | At the same meeting at which the Vial memorandum was read , on 6 September 1791 , a letter to the secretary from Messrs Kirkman and Hendy ( who were present ) was produced : ‘ Sir , In consequence of your Advertisement we beg leave to inform you , that we have contracted with Lord Camden for about 100 acres of building land , near [ Old ] St Pancras Church , abutting on the Turnpike Road leading to Kentish Town , which is intended to be called Camden Town conceiving the situation eligible for your truly valuable Institution we request you will lay this our proposal before the Society — We hold this Land under his Lordship for 99 years from Michaelmas last , the three first subject to no Ground Rent , our proposal is , that Lord Camden does and he will under our direction grant the Society a lease for 99 years from that time , the three first subject to no rent but for the remainder of the term an Annual Rent of thirty pounds per acre , should this proposal meet with approbation , the Society have only to direct their Surveyor to make out any quantity of land and in what position they conceive will best answer their purpose ’ . |