It is a small matter, but not irrelevant, that this striking mistake is commonly supported by a striking misquotation.
If, for instance, I had to describe with fairness the character of Mr. Bernard Shaw, I could not express myself more exactly than by saying that he has a heroically large and generous heart; but not a heart in the right place.
The cosmos went on for ever, but not in its wildest constellation could there be anything really interesting; anything, for instance, such as forgiveness or free will.
You can make a story out of a hero among dragons; but not out of a dragon among dragons.
We believe in bodily miracles, but not in mental impossibilities.
But not a word of it, my dear Tennington--not a word of it.
I like walking in the Park alone; but not--with the dogs," she finished.
I've cared for heaps of people, but not to marry them," she said.
I told him he could get it at the public house round the corner, but not in my drawing room.
Now I think you must be rather splendid; but not Mr. Hirst.
This gives the people of Raleigh the feeling that the school is theirs, and not something located in, but not a part of, the South.
And last, but not least, in making up the sum of blame that the whites must bear, is their own unwillingness to labor, which gives the rural population too much time for mischief and too little sympathy with the working classes.
It was some inkling of this paradox, even in the unquiet days of the Bureau, that allayed an opposition to human training, which still to-day lies smouldering, but not flaming.
Shot after shot went hissing through the air after her; a number tore through the sails or rigging, but not a spar was touched nor an important rope cut.
But not so much as her cynicism in the long dialogue with her lover which followed.
He did, in fact, die from the operation, but not before he had deeded Tiny Soderball his claim on Hunker Creek.
He had been doing night work of late, and it had not agreed with him, so he had given it up, but not in time, for he had taken some kind of fever.
You might have loved me in a dream, dreamily, and forgotten me when you woke, I daresay, but not loved me like a real being as you love me.
By means of water, an enemy may be intercepted, but not robbed of all his belongings.
Legge thinks that the TSO CHUAN must have been written in the 5th century, but not before 424 B.
With the noiselessness of disembodied spirits we moved stealthily along the deserted streets, but not until we were within sight of the plain beyond the city did I commence to breathe freely.
Also I enjoyed luscious fruits and vegetables, but not a single article of food which was exactly similar to anything on Earth.
My fair companion was about eight feet tall, having just arrived at maturity, but not yet to her full height.
But not to the old place--we must find another, a better.
What, under my endless obsession, I had been impelled to listen for was some betrayal of his not being at rest, and I presently caught one, but not in the form I had expected.
She just appeared and stood there--but not so near.
But not to the degree to contaminate--" "To contaminate?
He was admirable, but not comfortable: I took it in with a throb of hope.
It's surprising enough; but not so surprising as that Matthew should be at the bottom of it, him that always seemed to have such a mortal dread of little girls.
Good night," she said, a little awkwardly, but not unkindly.
They drove over Lynde's Hollow, where it was already quite dark, but not so dark that Mrs. Rachel could not see them from her window vantage, and up the hill and into the long lane of Green Gables.
Anne "came there," but not exactly as Mrs. Rachel expected.
We were expecting her out for a visit, but not so soon.
His red jacket was loosely thrown on, but not buttoned, and he had altogether the relaxed bearing of a soldier taking his ease.
Tis gape and swaller with us -- a drap of sommit, but not of much account.
The boys vanish in the gloom, and after a pause, but not a long pause, for things go briskly on the island, come the pirates on their track.
She is a pretty lady, but not so pretty as my mother.
Such a little thing for Mr. and Mrs. Darling and Nana to recall now, but not so little if that was to be Michael's last night in the nursery.
Sorry, anything to oblige, but not that," said Suzanne cheerfully; the sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.
Then she suddenly brightened into alert attention--but not to what Framton was saying.
Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from an individual--he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture.
Gad, what a show of good-looking women; but not one of 'em could touch that little cousin of mine.
It was agreeable to shock Mrs. Peniston, but not to shock her to the verge of anger.
But not girls--not poor, miserable, marriageable girls!
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but not" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
