Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] [verb] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I just got one thing that I want , that they gon na send me owt dodgy like a loan shark bloke or owt like that , I mean you , you 're bound to be a bit nervous , you know . |
| 2 | er , but I quite agree one person er there 's nothing , nothing greater . |
| 3 | We had to quickly change it back , but I only got one hook done up and she had to go holding one hand behind her back for the whole scene . |
| 4 | You now make all four Diamond tricks on dummy , but you only have one trick in Clubs , one in Hearts and two in Spades to go with them , making a mere eight tricks in total . |
| 5 | Yeah , but you only need one slice mate , whereas with a gateau you need three slices . |
| 6 | The schoolchildren were split into seven standards or classes but we only had one room and one blackboard . |
| 7 | We read in the papers about the German war in Russia but we only knew one boy who was fighting there : Ada 's brother . |
| 8 | The house seemed quite grand but we only stayed one night as the following afternoon we entrained for Preston , a journey that took so long , I wondered if we would ever arrive . |
| 9 | The Exiles had 5 Internationals in their team , but they only managed one try . |
| 10 | But they only had one goal to show for all that effort , that came on the half an hour from top goal scorer Martin Foyle . |
| 11 | The great Fangio ( Arg ) was also in the Maserati team but they only had one race together as team-mates before Fangio moved on to Mercedes . |
| 12 | She shot him a look designed to kill at fifty feet , but he only raised one eyebrow in mute enquiry . |
| 13 | They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft . |