Example sentences of "[was/were] [indef pn] but the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People were impostors and children were nothing but the promise of broken bones . |
| 2 | What I said to you was nothing but the truth . |
| 3 | It was nothing but the stench of dead , rotting rats and of bats ' dung . |
| 4 | Then there was nothing but the river running wide and strong and dark and it was as if the highway had never existed . |
| 5 | At one point he knelt down and parted the heather with his hands , so sure was he that he had found it , but there was nothing but the scree and the tiny plants which grew amongst it . |
| 6 | There was nothing but the faint image of the stained glass in the front door where the moonlight streamed through , the ticking of the clock , the bundle of coats hanging from the hallstand . |
| 7 | And then there was nothing but the ruin of the forests and a cloud of dust on the horizon , which drifted away on the breeze . |
| 8 | For a while there was nothing but the click of ammunition , the scrape of boots , and the stink of Woolley 's rancour . |
| 9 | Beyond the wall there was nothing but the wildwood , a tangle of small oaks and patchy flowers , not yet destroyed by winter . |
| 10 | Contemporary art was anything but the strong point of the Salon , with Paris dealers in particular showing a large number of deja vu works and recording few sales . |
| 11 | If we had n't heard so much about him from Robert , we 'd find it impossible to imagine that this bloke was anything but the most upright of citizens . ’ |