The coat in itself was a very good one, it kept me warm; but it was wadded and it had a raccoon collar which was the height of vulgarity.
I began, gasping for breath and regardless of logical connection in my words.
I did not move; my full glass stood untouched before me.
Every man has reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends.
You laugh; laugh away, gentlemen, but only answer me: have man's advantages been reckoned up with perfect certainty?
He has other matters in his mind which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret.
We doubt of the existence of God, and consequently of all else, so long as we have no clear and distinct idea of God, but only a confused one.
But only for a time, for suddenly it flamed out in a blaze of glory.
They often stopped to rest, but only for a short space at a time, and still kept on, having had but slight refreshment since the morning.
In the darkened room, the din of yesterday was going on again: a little sobered and softened down, perhaps, but only a very little, if at all.
He said to Renfield in a tone which did not surprise me at the time, but only when I thought of it afterwards, for it was as of one addressing an equal, "Can you not tell frankly your real reason for wishing to be free tonight?
He put it very nicely, saying that he did not want to wring my confidence from me, but only to know, because if a woman's heart was free a man might have hope.
We shall tell him nothing, but only that we wish to learn.
I showed not my feeling to others when it would wound, but only to you, my old friend, whom I can trust.
You are in part right, friend John, but only in part.
But only for a very short time," she added; "a very short time.
This could be done, but only in one way--by asking to see a sample of her corn.
Adjoining syllables in a word or phrase need not to be marked off by a pause, but only by such an abatement and renewal, or reënforcement, of the stress as to give the feeling of separate impulses.
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but onlyhalf as broad as the latter.
There are plenty of better men, my dear, but only one G.
Nothing contentious, you understand, but onlyan indication that there are greater deeps beyond.
In the early morning we approached it, but only to find, to our amazement, not one fire but a dozen upon the plain.
Again and again I glanced round swiftly, with the conviction that I was about to see something, but only to meet the dark tangle of our hedge or the solemn and cavernous gloom of the great trees which arched above our heads.
The shiners were not real ones, but only card-counters that looked like sovereigns on one side.
Then the Midsummer holidays came, and we breathed again--but only for a few days.
This poor rack of bones was a woman of middle age, apparently; but only apparently; she had been there nine years, and was eighteen when she entered.
Ladies answered back with historiettes that would almost have made Queen Margaret of Navarre or even the great Elizabeth of England hide behind a handkerchief, but nobody hid here, but only laughed --howled, you may say.
Nobody could tell you how to find any place in the kingdom, for nobody ever went intentionally to any place, but only struck it by accident in his wanderings, and then generally left it without thinking to inquire what its name was.
We have brains, you and I; and for such as have brains there are no defeats, but only victories.
All of you are more or less useful to me, but only a few of you can take my place, because I have one virtue (only one): I have given up father and mother and children for the love of God.
It was not necessary to articulate any sound, but only to give the labial movements.
Four doctors spent several days endeavoring to extract it, but only succeeded in pushing it in further.
The upper extremities consisted of perfect shoulder joints, but only 1/4 of each humerus was present.
Attempts had been made six and two years before to tap this woman, but only a few drops of blood followed several thrusts of a large trocar.
She came, but only to fall lifeless into our arms with the spear buried deep in her white throat.
Harry and I ran forward, but only to invite despair; the doorway was completely covered by the massive rock, an impenetrable curtain of stone weighing many tons, and on neither side was there an opening more than an inch wide.
XVIII No man who is a lover of money, of pleasure, of glory, is likewise a lover of Men; but only he that is a lover of whatsoever things are fair and good.
CIII Even as bad actors cannot sing alone, but only in chorus: so some cannot walk alone.
A fourth party admit things on earth as well as in heaven, but only in general, and not with respect to each individual.
This was not thy destination, but only lay on the way thither.
There is no supervision by a special officer, and no surety for good behaviour; judgment is delivered and sentence pronounced; and the suspension is not forfeited by disorderly conduct, but only by an actual relapse.
The aim of penal substitutes is not to render all crimes and offences impossible, but only to reduce them to the least possible number in any particular physical and social environment.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but only" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
