Example sentences of "but [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But nothing much came of it . |
| 2 | But nothing much was replacing it . |
| 3 | I wished I was prettier in my face sometimes , but nothing much . |
| 4 | But nothing much has happened this year that suggests he is about to start firing . |
| 5 | But nothing much has happened this year to suggest he is about to start firing . |
| 6 | While the do-goody liberals and the big stick brigade waste their time accusing one another of misunderstanding the criminal mind and argue over the chicken and egg issue of crime and social conditions , the prisons are packed with people who are certainly being punished , but nothing much beyond that . |
| 7 | " Some discussion took place respecting the provision of Science teaching , but nothing much was done . " |
| 8 | Emily tried to remember if she had ever known in the days of seeing him that he was such a strong swimmer , but nothing much came back . |
| 9 | Goldfish yes , and that s a few cold water fish but nothing much . |
| 10 | violence in it but nothing much . |
| 11 | The European Political Community was not to be just a third community , but nothing less than the beginning of a comprehensive federation to which the ECSC and EDC would be subordinated . |
| 12 | Their lack of faith is met with Moses ' anger and then with God 's exasperation , but nothing more . |
| 13 | Everyone knew when and where it was , but nothing more . |
| 14 | There may be a trace under her index finger , but nothing more . |
| 15 | Our overall consumption figure of 22.6mpg P which included testing at Millbrook , about 500 motorway miles and lots of urban motoring — is a reasonable result but nothing more in the light of the identically powerful Volvo 850 's 25.9mpg . |
| 16 | Inside small printed letters made a neat pattern but nothing more . |
| 17 | The curves and lines are strange and disorientating , giving the viewer an unpleasant feeling of unease and distraction , but nothing more . |
| 18 | She was a pleasant companion , but nothing more . |
| 19 | Everything I had drawn was there , but nothing more . |
| 20 | Hugh Fraser 's later career was rewarded — no doubt forgiven for his participation in the case , or possibly because it was unknown — by a knighthood , but nothing more . |
| 21 | The intercom issued a tiny electronic hiss , but nothing more of Court 's voice . |
| 22 | He repeated the query , substituting biscuit , ice-cream , banana ; there was the same level of response , but nothing more . |
| 23 | A compass indicates a direction and compass orientation means moving in a set direction relative to a compass ; for example , the animal might always fly southwards , regardless of starting point it would need some internal ‘ compass ’ sense but nothing more . |
| 24 | ‘ But nothing more . ’ |
| 25 | Discomfort , yes , but nothing more . ’ |
| 26 | A few of them were vaguely uneasy , but nothing more . |
| 27 | It was a deep graze , but nothing more . |
| 28 | ‘ He kissed me and tried to stuff his hand down my front — ’ her face winced at the memory of the way his hands and mouth had felt and she saw Luke 's jaw tighten in response , his eyes harden to pure ice ‘ — but nothing more . ’ |
| 29 | Plentiful quotations from the Bible and from the Fathers show a competence but nothing more . |
| 30 | No I think she thought she could guess at somebody who might be involved — like Person Y — but nothing more . ’ |