Example sentences of "but [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to go at our charge , but to go at your charge . |
| 2 | Janet had little option but to sit on his lap with her legs stretched over his . |
| 3 | Politically motivated intellectuals tended not to fall silent on receiving official positions but to capitalize on their prominence . |
| 4 | You had but to wait till your mother called you ; sit on your chair and suck your thumb , keeping quiet until I come … |
| 5 | " But to continue with my tale of woe . |
| 6 | They take on this work , not for pin money , but to provide for their family 's basic needs . |
| 7 | The derivation of original research proposals is never easy , but to participate in their creation and perhaps to stimulate or catalyse them can be very exciting when there are no artificial restrictions on what can be done . |
| 8 | Learn , then , that on the stage The worst thing 's not to be the newest Larry But to hear behind your back Tom , Dick or Harry Being greeted by the critics with ‘ Hosanna ! |
| 9 | Clementine fearfully spun the protective web of catholicism , the family and middle-class values around her unenterprising existence , and provided little alternative for her son but to look to his father for inspiration and guidance . |
| 10 | But to convict on her word alone ! |
| 11 | If readers of the Figures wished successfully to grow the delectable assortment presented by Miller , they had but to turn to his Dictionary for all the practical advice gleaned over half a century 's gardening and , if that proved too expensive , then there was the Abridgement or the Kalendar . |
| 12 | On the 5th January 1733 , Mrs Bridget Briggs in her will left certain properties in the vicinity of Sheffield , two thirds of the rent of which were to build a schoolhouse and school to educate ten poor boys and ten poor girls of Sproatley ; other children were to be educated there , but to pay for their instruction . |
| 13 | But to return to her letter . |
| 14 | For me there is no function left but to return to my father 's house , and care for his old age . ’ |
| 15 | He had no option now but to speak to his landlady in the morning about letting this homeless female have his bed for the night . |
| 16 | In this country a hospital accepts and cares for any person who can not be cared for in their own home , but to step into their admission halls is not always the loving experience needed . |
| 17 | Walton worked an 18-hour day , but to begin with his enterprise looked unpromising . |