Example sentences of "but for [det] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well there was two parts to the brochure , erm , the , there was the general part within the brochure about eighty percent of the brochure was general for every development , the other twenty percent which would prefer specifically to that development , so there was a corporate field to the brochure , but for each development it would have it 's individual flavour , that would show pictures of the locality for example , hence the golf and the erm lake and the erm specific costs of running that , that responsibility would be the responsibility then of the region putting in , cos obviously at the centre I would n't know whether there was a golf course in that area or not . |
| 2 | True , there was a mixed Italian and German team climbing not far away , heading for the Traverse of the Gods ; he could see them but for some reason they could n't see him . |
| 3 | He could n't provide the money , but for some reason they accepted his guarantee . |
| 4 | but for some reason we 'd been to Gateshead , and I 'd looked up food processors in the Argos catalogue |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm not quite sure what might have happened then , but for some reason he gave up . |
| 6 | The horror remained on their faces , but for some reason he 'd disappeared from the scene . |
| 7 | The wardrobe had provided her with a vest of padded cotton , but for some reason she would n't wear it . |
| 8 | She had always confided in Tony , but for some reason she could not confide that . |
| 9 | Total losses on Hurricane ‘ Andrew ’ — which is the largest insurance loss ever recorded — are now estimated at $65m and but for this factor we would have reported a welcome and significant return to profitability in 1992 . |
| 10 | If at the time any claim arises under this Policy there is any other existing insurance covering the same loss damage or liability the Corporation shall not be liable to pay or contribute more than its rateable proportion of any such claim provided always that nothing in this condition shall impose on the Corporation any liability from which but for this condition it would have been relieved under the provisions of Proviso ( a ) of Paragraph 2 of Section A of this policy . |
| 11 | Provided always that nothing in this condition shall impose on the Corporation any liability from which but for this condition it would have been relieved under the provisions of Exception ( c ) to Part A of this Policy . |
| 12 | It had appeared , it would move on , but for this moment it was there for her — almost as if it had waited for her to be alone . |