Example sentences of "but [not/n't] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'VE always said I 'm into snooker and boxing , but not even money would tempt me into managing players from any other sport . |
| 2 | But not just redundancy , we 've taken initiatives in lots of other areas , we 'll show you those as well . |
| 3 | I 'm I 'm saying the but not just stage |
| 4 | Now she was a young widow , dignified but vulnerable , busy but not tastelessly careerist ; she believed that she always put her family first . |
| 5 | No longer a rock band , where a certain stiffness in the limbs is a virtue , but not yet virtuoso jazzers , The Style Council are stuck at that most useless of levels — semi-fluency . |
| 6 | It was late afternoon but not yet dusk when father and son began their homeward ride . |
| 7 | In March 1970 Saddam Hussein ( the Iraqi regime 's strong man , but not yet president ) negotiated a deal with the late Mullah Mustafa Barzani that stated : ‘ The people of Iraq are made up of two principal nationalities , the Arab nationality and the Kurdish nationality . ’ |
| 8 | She tried to imagine what John would be doing ; it would be past the time for office tea but not yet time to go home . |
| 9 | But not only water molecules will fit into these cavities . |
| 10 | Post-war children had few clothes , because of rationing ; but not only scarcity , rather names like barathea , worsted , gaberdine , twill , jersey … fix them in my mind . |
| 11 | The cuts were quite deep , but not really life threatening as such . |
| 12 | The fact is that what you pay for is instant accuracy — but not really convenience . |
| 13 | But not before singer Robin tells us what freeloading , slouch-happy scum bums we Londoners are . |
| 14 | This is a weighty tome , dealing in depth with a well-known , but not precisely documentedera and theatre of conflict . |
| 15 | It was soggy , not really water but not quite ice . |
| 16 | As there is with all of those but not necessarily estate agents . |
| 17 | John stresses the importance of spirituality , but not necessarily Christianity . |
| 18 | Typically , this project will be part of the company 's engineering or science programme ( but not necessarily research ) , or alternatively , it may consist of course development . |