Example sentences of "[vb -s] but a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Happily , Paddington still stands but a number of other great London stations are under threat and the list of great British stations to have bitten the dust is already too long . |
| 2 | Oh well , there goes another theory for what did I find in one of my favourite swims but a handful of zander in the four to six pound weight range . |
| 3 | It gives but a flavour of what has gone before and what is to come but how the appetite was whetted . |
| 4 | In the Indian sub-continent the cities have colonised the villages and the rural communities have gradually been eroded until ( ideally for industrial capitalism ) nothing remains but a pool of reserve labour which can be drawn upon as and when it is needed . |
| 5 | … his back lengthens to fit any number ; men 's hands stick to his skin and [ when ] he is killed nothing remains but a pool of water . |
| 6 | It 's a tiny little things you know er in glass cases now there are a few at bus stops but a lot of people do n't use bus stops any more you know they drive erm I know that posters great hoardings that we some of us probably grew up with when everybody knew what was on and the great big posters everywhere . |