Example sentences of "he [vb past] [indef pn] but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wore nothing but a towel and although she tried to keep her eyes upon his chest a line of damp , curling hair drew them inexorably downwards . |
| 2 | His face was still covered in coal dust and he looked anything but a gent . |
| 3 | He spoke nothing but the truth . " |
| 4 | She spoke with the venom of thwarted passion , all too painfully aware that he spoke nothing but the truth . |
| 5 | Inevitably , when he arrived home he found he had nothing but a blank sheet of photographic paper . |
| 6 | He had nothing but the highest praise for you , sir . |