Example sentences of "but [pron] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | But me only objective test of whether an organism has tree will is whether its behavior can be predicted . |
| 2 | ‘ Brendan designed it for hop pellets but I only use whole hops . ’ |
| 3 | It does n't bear thinking about , but I only hope I shall have learnt something from you in order to carry it on in some way or another . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Of course I wanted him to produce me , I love his work , but I only wanted him to produce half the album and I wanted to work with other producers . |
| 5 | Lots of people from the restaurants park down here in the evening , but I only just realized , talking to my wife , that it had actually been there all day as well . |
| 6 | I am sorry I have been so long in replying but I only got your letter two days ago . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've never bothered to check the mpg , but I only have to fill it once every two weeks . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But I only bought it last year , ’ he insisted , holding up the ancient object . |
| 9 | ‘ But I only see the odd one , here and there , ’ Mr Drake comments . |
| 10 | Call me an egotistical slime , but I only want to preserve the purity and integrity of the current alternative , and hope that it wo n't pass through the mass-media grinder into the mainstream , where it will eventually be recalled as one more passive , stupid fashion . |
| 11 | I left early before the nuns were awake but I only got as far as Glasgow before I lost my way . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I only know the songs I sing at school , ’ I told her warily . |
| 13 | I said , apologetically , ‘ It 's ridiculous , but I only remember our meeting once , after Oxford . |
| 14 | ‘ But I only burped once ! ’ wailed Steve . |
| 15 | I was glad for them , but I only felt exhausted . |
| 16 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 17 | But I only thought , so it 's no good . |
| 18 | I , I , I , I did it , but I only missed out the two people that were away . |
| 19 | But I only have reason to believe that my experience makes that proposition probable if I have reason to believe quite generally that events which I have not observed are similar to events which I have observed . |
| 20 | I lie in the metal box hoping to hear the elephant passing or the lions roaring , but I only hear a distant hyena against the myriad squeaks and screeches of the night . |
| 21 | But I only threw a stone |
| 22 | I go to night schools and force myself to mix , but I only tend to socialise with my present or former care assistants , former Le Court friends and a few other people . |
| 23 | ‘ The advertisements and Briggs spoke of a Jane Eyre , but I only knew a Jane Elliott , ’ said St John . |
| 24 | There is nothing more tedious for the teacher than to hear one of his best students saying , after the examination : ‘ Oh , I did very well , but I only had time to answer half the paper . ’ |
| 25 | But it does n't matter a bit , not at all — but I only meant ‘ too soon ’ . |
| 26 | If I had told him I wished he was dead he would have seen this as a palimpsest of desire , but I only wished that he was n't there . |
| 27 | He works in Lipton 's , near to our shop , but I only really met him when he came in to order baby clothes . ’ |
| 28 | It comes in a large range of tints , but I only use three : a warm grey , a blue grey and a sand colour . |
| 29 | ‘ But I only work in my studio , ’ Parks replied . |
| 30 | I had enough girlfriends in Fontanellato never to be bored , but I only had very little money to spend . |