Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] but a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fled up to the tree-house for my knitting but a branch gave way as I grabbed it and I was pitched into the river . |
| 2 | And yes , you 've guessed it — a few weeks later what should I discover among my mail but a letter : ‘ Dear Mr Ken Ward , where may I purchase an emergency … |
| 3 | ‘ There is nothing up my sleeves but my arms , there is nothing down my trousers but a ferret . ’ |
| 4 | I thought the noisy-fridge problem was confined to my villa but a visit to the Health Spa proved that this was not the case . |
| 5 | Not my forte but a mother 's helper in French , at least . " |
| 6 | However , keep , paint , leave , produce , drink do not support subordinate clauses ; and , while they can be followed by the same sequence of noun phrase + adjective , the adjective is not clausal in their case but a predicate qualifier , and it shows the other characteristics to be expected of a predicate qualifier . |
| 7 | Blue and yellow , the opposing colours , clean and upright , no erect candle on its seat but a snuffed out , horizontal pipe , light and cleanliness , bare sanity ? |
| 8 | A dispute as to the interpretation or application of an international convention may arise between many of its parties but a claim of breach will normally be specific to particular parties . |
| 9 | The generation before the Revolution saw not only the opposition to royal power offered by the parlements and their allies but a growth in criticism of the monarchical regime of a more fundamental and ultimately more dangerous kind . |
| 10 | The sophisticated scheme of abutment to this immense choir built on sloping ground is not only a remarkable engineering achievement for its day but a creation of great aesthetic beauty . |
| 11 | This approach is supported for commercial reasons by large retailers , notably do-it-yourself stores , who have discovered that , if their stores are open on Sundays , not merely is this a convenience for their customers but a significant increase in their trade is generated . |
| 12 | Study the villages in your county — not only their names but a little of their history , the names of houses open to the public , National Trust properties , parks and so on . |
| 13 | He could have bought chain mail underwear , or a whole-head rubber mask with nothing interrupting its smoothness but a single , tiny breathing hole . |
| 14 | Now fate was about to take a hand in the outcome of the championship , for at the next race , at the Nürburgring — a great track , in its old version , for its challenges but a wooded retreat for Germanic savages , drunks and the wettest clouds of Europe — Niki came very close to death . |
| 15 | Most enjoyed the luxury of employing a cleaner to do their housework but a few took a puritanical delight in doing their own . |
| 16 | If that individual is not its mother but a human foster parent feeding it from a bottle , the lamb imprints on whoever held the bottle . |
| 17 | Two men escaped with his case but a security device activated and it was later abandoned , as was the same Allegro car after the case began emitting red dye . |
| 18 | A full licence holder who has passed a test for an additional vehicle category may have that category added to his/her entitlement but a new licence will have to be issued . |
| 19 | So it 's not his his fault but a lot of the training that we have to deliver is to do with procedures that he had n't dealt with whereas a lot of the procedures are things that I 'm familiar with there 's only some the job centre stuff |
| 20 | His boots were up to the thigh , and he rode with a jewelled twinkle , his pistols but a twinkle , his rapier hilt a twinkle under the jewelled sky . |
| 21 | It was not a defence of his stance but a further argument against denationalization . |
| 22 | Warrshan , the most expensive yearling of his generation but a flop in the Derby , carries the Sheikh 's colours in the $500,000 Oak Tree Invitational at Santa Anita in California late tonight . |
| 23 | I urge that there should be no such hasty reaction to what is not only a tragedy for the patient and his family but a tragedy for two medical practitioners , their families , and their peer group of forensic medical examiners . |
| 24 | At this stage it may be sensible to rely on your instinct but a further step that is worth trying is to give each candidate a simple task to perform that is related in some way to the post which is to be filled . |
| 25 | This can sometimes mean throwing away your own idea when your art director has come up with a better one — very hard on your ego but a necessary victory for good judgement . |