Example sentences of "[art] [indef pn] but [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Di , Di did n't have but the one but he come up , he said said he wants a spirit level and he wants a tape measure he 'd got the spirit level he said I ca n't find the tape measure he said , said it was on top of the bag . |
| 2 | He only took the one but he did n't take two . |
| 3 | As far as I was concerned , reading was an automatic skill rather than an indication of superior intelligence or understanding , and no one but myself seemed to have noticed the difference , or even realised that there was one . |
| 4 | Otherwise I fear you must wait in closer confinement till I come back , for I 'll trust no one but myself to keep you safe for me . |
| 5 | No one but me knows he is smiling because his mouth does not move . |
| 6 | The Deputy Under Secretary had no one but himself to blame for the irritation that his starched collar created just below the line of his neatly cut hair . |
| 7 | But no one but himself happened to know it . |
| 8 | Remarkably no one but ourselves brought flasks of water . |
| 9 | It was a far cry from life at Coleherne Court , where there was no one but herself to do the washing , ironing and vacuuming . |
| 10 | Marie desperately wanted to be told what to do but there was no one but herself to rely on . |
| 11 | She had no one but herself to blame if she 'd fallen hook , line and sinker in love . |