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P3. but for: (as preposition) except for, with the exception of; were it not for.there but for the grace of God go I: see grace of God n. Phrases 2.The collocation but for occurs commonly with various senses of but and with for both as preposition and conjunction.
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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15697 Hit likede wel þan kinge buten for ane þinge.
c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. A7v/2 Yf they haue no estate but for terme of lyfe they shall pray in ayd of hym in the reuercion.
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diijv These mine eyes..But for thy piteous lips no more had seene. View more context for this quotation
1630 T. Randolph Aristippus 25 The King of Russia had died of the wormes, but for a powder I sent him.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 30 May (1974) VIII. 243 Several of the Council..would come but for their attending the King.
1781 W. Cowper Let. 24 June (1979) I. 491 The delay has enabled me to add a piece of considerable length which but for the delay would not have made its appearance upon this Occasion. It answers to the name of Hope.
1815 J. Bentham Chrestomathia ii. 12 But for the apparent paradoxicality and antisentimentality, instead of economizing, minimizing would, in this case..have been inserted.
1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 291 But for the concurrent jurisdiction, the decision..would have been the other way.
1985 B. Neil As we Forgive x. 182 The room, empty but for Lydia sitting wrapped in blankets.
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