Example sentences of "but [indef pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was a string of seed pearls my father gave me , and two rings of my mother 's and a brooch or two — but nothing worth a lot of money . ’ |
| 2 | There were affinities , therefore , but nothing like a total identity between the Hitler version of Lebensraum -expansionism and the hopes and expectations of the mass of the German population . |
| 3 | I try it for a bit — you know , pretending that I 'm all frozen , but someone on a bike comes down the path and I got to move to get out the way . |
| 4 | Recognizing his potential ability — not as a dancer , but someone with a great deal to offer to theatre — I obtained permission from the Senate and the Dean of the Faculty of Music ( of which the ballet school was a part ) for John to be a registered student on the three-year Ballet Certificate course . |
| 5 | Well , we 've had three documents in eighteen months but none with a viable pound sign . |
| 6 | There were sparkly rings on it , Evelyn noticed , but none with an ‘ H ’ on . |
| 7 | The pursuit of their properties was intellectually exciting but something of a gamble if the aim was to discover a drug for a specific purpose . |
| 8 | Thus does one see him in the Gospels — loyal , but something of a yokel , and certainly not thinking in any very sophisticated religious or political terms . |
| 9 | So deep-rooted were his various obsessions and so pronounced his self-importance that he came to be regarded in some quarters as not merely an individualist but something of a crank . |
| 10 | Our special guest Adam Faith , he 's in Alfie , which is at Nottingham 's Theatre Royal on the twenty eighth of March next year and the box office has just opened so can actually er go there to see not just a performance I think , not just a play , but something of an event . |
| 11 | But something with a bit of class . |
| 12 | Get something with a good conductance , not something with a high resistance but something with a high conductance . |
| 13 | An even larger phyla would be the vertebrates , to include not only all animals but every-thing with a skeleton , articulated limbs or a shell , such as crabs or insects . |
| 14 | Most ships had the German flag , but one with a blue cross on white Harry thought must be Swedish or Finnish . |
| 15 | A caricature of Dr Sweeny 's ‘ manly ’ man , he is a modern troglodyte , but one with a rich ancestry . |
| 16 | Gedge had a straight-forward upbringing , but one with a fair degree of discipline . |
| 17 | Half the space is taken up by a picture of a violin — ah yes , but one with a broken string . |
| 18 | All I It was a small word , but one with a wealth of meaning . |
| 19 | A checker that did not have wether in its lexicon would flag wether as an error ( correctly or not ) , but one with a comprehensive dictionary would fail to do so . |
| 20 | For many freshwater hobbyists , invertebrates are a whole new departure ; we know little about many species , but one with a longer history of captive care is the Apple Snail . |
| 21 | Now for another in our series on Summer Gardens — but one with a difference . |
| 22 | This means that the congregation is not hearing several messages at once but one at a time ; and it also makes it possible for members of the congregation to challenge and encourage one another to be obedient . |
| 23 | But one for a serious collector , not a decorator ’ , was one London dealer 's verdict . |
| 24 | This was not a debate between theories , but one within a single theoretical orientation and about how to conduct enquiry within that approach . |
| 25 | They won all stages but one in a seven month tournament making them overall leaders by 135 points . |
| 26 | This means that bureaucratic actors are but one among a plurality of forces maintaining the growth of government rather than primary cause of its growth . |
| 27 | It has a certain notoriety for its garlic-scented foliage , but anyone with a taste for good food will definitely find it rather pleasant ! |
| 28 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |