Example sentences of "but [verb] only [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belinda risked a cautious glance at him , but met only an unreadable profile . |
| 2 | Giving a place a special label , and , in some cases , fencing it off , may raise people 's awareness , but offers only a flimsy barrier against developers . |
| 3 | She closed her eyes , desperately trying to find the anger which had protected her from him so far , but found only an overwhelming longing to simply lose herself in his arms . |
| 4 | Currently some 28,000 co-operative farms and 2,600,000 ejidatarios accounted for half of all arable land but contributed only a small percentage of gross national income , and much of the country 's food was imported . |
| 5 | The country was a leader in the expansion of Europe , but holds only an average position in the European Community area as it becomes a more unified , single competitive market from 1992 . |
| 6 | Mackenzie was whisked to the track hospital but suffered only a cut arm . |
| 7 | A vicar was guaranteed the vicarage but received only a certain portion of the ecclesiastical income . |
| 8 | The 130 pieces in a ‘ Booke of In nomines and other solfainge songs of v : vi : vii : and viii : parts for voyces or Instrumentes ’ dating from c. 1578 , some years later than the Mulliner Book , consist of vocal pieces without text and ‘ In nomines ’ or other cantus firmus compositions , but includes only a single ‘ phancy ’ for five parts by an Edward Blancks who is nearly as obscure as the ‘ Newman ’ of the Mulliner Book . |
| 9 | They listened but heard only the steady rain . |
| 10 | She tried to find the right words to explain but discovered only a great disconnection between her brain and her voice , which ensured her silence . |
| 11 | But to consider only the final selection examination , is to see only half the picture . |
| 12 | To her annoyance she found herself glancing over in the direction of his table , but saw only an empty chair . |
| 13 | He glanced to see how Maxim had taken the word ‘ killer ’ but saw only the usual polite smile . |
| 14 | Joseph peered in the directions indicated by the mandarin but saw only the scented shrubs and trees of the formal gardens . |
| 15 | The internal politics of liberal democracies are not explicable in Marxist categories , but reflect only the partial fragmentation of interests between capitalists and their associated functionaries . |
| 16 | She was working but had only a small salary and ‘ soon found that it would be impossible to care for John 's upbringing satisfactorily . |