Example sentences of "but [prep] a [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 1770 there was a brewer selling ale near an oak tree in the parish , but for a century he had only the company of a blacksmith and a boot and shoe maker . |
| 2 | But for a while we found it hard . |
| 3 | ‘ It sounds terrible but for a while you felt like the local people were to blame . ’ |
| 4 | It was n't the kind of thing that had ever been heard on Detroit radio before , but for a while it seemed to be going okay . |
| 5 | But for a generation we have too often tolerated increasing levels of inflation , culminating in the disastrous hyper-inflation of the late '70s . |
| 6 | But for a man who used to prowl around LWT in a kaftan , commissioning series such as Gay Life , Birt has acquired some rather surprising supporters . |
| 7 | ‘ But for a virgin you have a highly expressive body . |
| 8 | The unhappiness was not for the shop , but for a lady who was employed by Mr Bacon on a part-time basis , and the lady was my aunt Mary . |
| 9 | I wanted to find a better job , but for a factory you need to have finished school and in the coffee processing industries they ask for ninth grade . |
| 10 | ‘ I believe , in a case like yours , ’ wrote Mountbatten , coincidentally on St Valentine 's Day in 1974 , ‘ the man should sow his wild oats and have as many affairs as he can before settling down , but for a wife he should choose a suitable , attractive and sweet-charactered girl before she met anyone else she might fall for . |
| 11 | But for a company which had always prided itself on its ‘ family ’ aspect it was a cruel blow . |
| 12 | The tenancy was not from year to year but for a term which would continue until Matlodge certified that it was ready to proceed with the development of the property . |
| 13 | Andrew was aware that Amsterdam had said something under his breath , but for a moment he was transfixed . |
| 14 | There was no similarity of course ; Rostov 's service in a dozen frontier system wars posed no threat to the succession — rather the reverse in fact — but for a moment he found himself wondering if the convoluted nature of the Court infrastructure made the most devious method inevitable . |
| 15 | But for a moment he had almost laughed . |
| 16 | But for a moment he looked thunder at her impertinence , then put the bottle down and began to laugh . |
| 17 | This was no small step for one so young but for a woman it was more remarkable since she was the first woman solicitor in Sheffield . |
| 18 | It will be noticed that in all of this the term " correlate " is being used in a way consistent with our previous uses of " event " , " cause " , " condition " , " causal circumstance " , and " effect " : not for a type of thing , but for a thing itself , more particularly an individual property or set of such properties rather than a type . |
| 19 | But for a beetle who can think only in terms of two dimensions , it does appear to shrink . |
| 20 | An independent manager would have been fighting on behalf of his artist for just such a concession ; but for a manager who owned the record company , that meant arguing against himself . |
| 21 | Debenham & Freebody 's of Wigmore Street did so in 1920 , but not for tardy payment of a long outstanding account but for an order which the customer denied had ever been given . |
| 22 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
| 23 | But as a whole it has yet to be cracked . |
| 24 | A Rover-engine Stag may well be a better car than one with Triumph power , but as a hybrid it will never be so valuable . |
| 25 | But now to be ‘ orientated ’ is widely seen not as helpful guidance but as a test one has to submit to . |
| 26 | Providing children eat a reasonable variety of foods they do n't really need extra vitamins but as a safeguard it 's recommended to give drops containing vitamins A , C and D from six months to two years and until the age of five if a child is fussy about what she eats . |
| 27 | But as a speaker you will be asked to pay only £100 . |
| 28 | But as a pensioner she did not think much of his performance in the Commons yesterday . |
| 29 | Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style . |
| 30 | As a colleague you 're deficient but as a neighbour you 're marvellous . |