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Example sentences for "but one"

  • But one day we came suddenly into the big pines and rocks; and that very night we made our first camp in a meadow typical of the mountains we had dreamed about.

  • The bunch he finds easily enough, but one is missing.

  • When she is being prepared for her first communion, she has doubts about the truth of the Christian religion, but one night, during a storm, the priest of the place springs into a boat and goes to the rescue of some sailors in peril.

  • We can scarcely imagine Madame de Stael in this humble posture, but one of the charms of Dumas was his generous nature, which spared no praise and was lavish in enthusiasm.

  • But one day a peasant, who does not like the looks of Benedict, attacks him with his pitchfork and puts an end to this valuable life.

  • But one, at the same time, also feels that these temples, and the great Oriental religions which inspire and support them have failed in a measure to accomplish their design, which ought to be to educate and develop the people.

  • She is neither mistress nor servant, wife nor slave, she is but one of a hundred buds in a garden of roses which have little if any prospect of ever blooming or being plucked for the court bouquet.

  • But one day, very suddenly, I discovered that it was nothing but a dead skin of dreams and memories.

  • They were not only very pleasant and entertaining outside interests, but one or another of them was almost always conveniently within reach.

  • Every one fled his own way, so that the king was left with but one man.

  • Mac 7:2 But one of them that spake first said thus, What wouldest thou ask or learn of us?

  • Mac 3:4 But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was made governor of the temple, fell out with the high priest about disorder in the city.

  • If there be but one person, the card must be the first of the lot he points to.

  • A bet is sometimes proposed to the unwary, at Whist, but one of the party will have in his hand, after the deal, only one of a suit, or none of a suit.

  • He arose once more, and instantly received another blow, which would have laid him upon his back, but one of the porters by this time had got behind him, and as he was falling struck him at the back of his head, which sent him upon his face.

  • And there is but one way in which a strong determined soul can learn it--by getting his heart-strings bound round the weak and erring, so that he must share not only the outward consequence of their error, but their inward suffering.

  • Well, but one may be betrayed into doing things by a combination of circumstances, which one might never have done otherwise.

  • But one of the lessons a woman most rarely learns is never to talk to an angry or a drunken man.

  • It was a stupefying statement, but one is obliged to believe the English, even when they say a thing like that.

  • But one has to learn to like the Virginia, nobody is born friendly to it.

  • But one has to make up one's mind," said Evelyn.

  • I daresay I was very silly, but one can't help liking people when one's sorry for them.

  • Paul knew his turn was next but one, and his heart began to beat.

  • Even then, however, he was not offensive, but one of those people who hurt themselves by their own irritability more than they hurt other people.

  • Grant me but one to guide my steps, and lead Quickly to where the foul accuser stands, I trust in God to loose Geneura's bands.

  • But one of the conspirators beginning to repent himself of the design, the rest, for fear of being discovered, were driven to give the signal before the appointed hour.

  • But one feels by day anything but good will to note the shorn shrubs and cropped blossom-tops.

  • It is even possible to wind through the Sierras without having passed above timber-line, but one misses a great exhilaration.

  • They are always at it, but one so seldom catches them in the act.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but one" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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