Example sentences of "would [vb infin] but [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tajine is a stew of meats and vegetables , poulet au citron is nearly as you 'd imagine but with sweet spices and lemon peel pickled in brine . |
| 2 | Or would have but for the poisonous Marianne , she added silently . |
| 3 | As a situation in which nothing whatsoever of interest would happen but for instabilities , it is a natural candidate for this role . |
| 4 | A number of farms had a son , or other member of the family , who would attend but of the 87 to whom this question applied the main answer received was : ‘ it depends ’ . |
| 5 | In the first place he has desired me to say he would write but for his constant occupation . |
| 6 | It was the kind of story that she would relish but with her blunt ways one could never be sure she would n't at some time let the cat out of the bag . |
| 7 | The pooling system would continue but with two significant differences in the way in which it operated . |