Example sentences of "[pron] but [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One of the never mentioned delights of the silent cinema was that you crunched and sucked to your heart 's content , annoying nobody but the piano player .
2 Changing direction wo n't exactly bring out the Mansell in you but the power steering — in theory the same as that fitted to the others — reacts swiftly and smoothly , and understeer is significantly less than that of the 1.4 GLX .
3 Shops : none but the campsite farm has a few limited supplies .
4 Sarah Bamber , 19 , company secretary ( left ) , and Jason Boore , 21 , engineer ( near left ) : ‘ I do n't think the hair 's really me but the eye make-up is very striking .
5 YOU AI N'T NOTHIN' BUT A POUND DOG !
6 ‘ And I , ’ Caroline said with conviction , ‘ am seeing no one but the cab driver who takes me home . ’
7 I walked out of the house in the rue Victorie at that uncertain time of day , hovering between work and leisure , when darkness is falling on the one but the street lights are not illuminating the other .
8 Although nothing could be seen of him but a silhouette Stephen was sure the man was looking at him , staring insolently at this approaching form across the intervening , pallid , tundra-like land .
9 They but the Party cadres , particularly in the newly acquired areas from the Japanese , they , they wanted to seek revenge and they
10 They 're now very good at it but the insurance industry is ten years behind .
11 There is no real resistance to it but the management effort of getting to grips with its content and the various implications may be unpalatable .
12 No , the the well some of them are , those particular ones some of them are joined but they are to all intents and purposes separate in that they can be er , rented out separately they 're not tied to the house erm in that they are they go with it but the housing department have the opportunity to rent them to whoever applies for them .
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