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Example sentences for "but for all that"

  • He swore like a trooper, and his grammar was faulty; but for all that, his heart was in the right place, and he was a better man than many who boast of high birth and expensive education.

  • But for all that I have had my suspicions of him; but we will talk of this later, and we will now return to the subject upon which we have met.

  • But for all that," remarked Hortebise, "you can sit down for a moment.

  • But for all that, when Molly Moseley wants to be lifted clean off her feet into heaven, she goes there; so you shall come to-night with me, Cecile.

  • They may all be dead, and we may never find them; but for all that we has got to look, and look real hard too, I take it.

  • But for all that he was human, and English, and theoretically accepted gold as the thing of things, the one great aim and measure of success.

  • But for all that, Rosalind had a background belief that a time would come when a complete revelation would be possible.

  • But for all that, fat, wealthy Babylon was not Palestine.

  • But for all that, here is spread a table in the wilderness, made ready by invisible hands; and the grim-eyed foe is held back in the leash till the servant of God has fed and been strengthened.

  • It probably never will; but for all that, there are many shy natures which will recognize tendencies in themselves in the direction of my unhappy susceptibility.

  • On perceiving me enter, she hastily covered it with her handkerchief, but for all that, my eyes caught a momentary glimpse of a large letter "J.

  • But for all that, she flung herself on the ground and hid her face in the green moss.

  • But for all that men of intelligence find that they can live in America, as long as they are not too exacting.

  • Gosselin had too much tact to offer them a direct opposition, but for all that, there were two distinct parties in the college, the mystics acting under the immediate guidance of M.

  • But for all that the Comtede Valmont was a rather dangerous book.

  • Franklin Marmion was naturally in a very different frame of mind, although, from reasons of high policy, he assumed a similar mask of almost scornful scepticism; but for all that he was by far the most anxious man in the company.

  • What I have just been saying was necessary to my subject as far as it went, but for all that it was chiefly introductory to what I am now going to bring to your notice.

  • True, thou art as well gilded as a snake when he casts his old slough in the spring time; but for all that, thou creepest not into my Eden.

  • It was a long hark back to our childhood; but for all that we were still boys together.

  • The eyes were soft and receptive but for all that of the delicate strength and colour that comes from abnormal intellect.

  • After all our phantom was material enough to desire possession; his solicitude was calmness, but for all that aggression.

  • It was rather resentful, but for all that of a hearty taint of humour.

  • It has become a sort of legend in San Francisco; one to be taken with a grain of salt, to be sure, but for all that, one at which we may well wonder.

  • Jack might be a baby and give way to tears when he had been treated unkindly, for he was a very sensitive boy, though not wanting in manliness, but for all that it took a considerable amount of physical pain to make him whimper.

  • But for all that he was not the lad to put up with ill-treatment; and his stepbrother's attempts to presume upon his year of seniority so often approached the verge of ill-treatment that trouble was constantly occurring.

  • They were without doubt in a tight corner, and might expect to be rushed at any moment; but for all that, the dangers they had already passed through seemed only to have increased their doggedness.

  • I knew that I was shut in, and that no strength I could exert would be enough to get me out; but for all that, I did not apprehend any great difficulty.

  • He speaks like a printed book--but for all that I would like to know.

  • But for all that he looked at it long and pensively.

  • I believe it fully; but for all that I cannot be just to you, when I think of it.

  • But for all that I'm really impatient to get home: they need me on the farm; the men have not been doing just as they ought to.

  • Hrapp owned a farm at Hrappstede, but for all that he was always at Gritwater, and he was thought to spoil everything there.

  • Hauskuld had a son called Amund; he had been born blind, but for all that he was tall and strong.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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