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Example sentences for "but what"

But what you've done there is all right because it's better to beg in God's name than it is to steal.

But what's the use if my bad luck has it planned for me that I can't enjoy anything without trouble coming along with it?

But what I've just told I heard about from my master when I came to; he was telling what had happened in detail to everyone who came by.

This surprised me, but what surprised me even more was that such a well-provided man wouldn't have any money.

My, but what great, beautiful fangs he had!

Of course this one's skin was black; but what of it?

To be sure, he was among the forward guns, not being considered a sporting shot, but what he lacked in skill he more than made up in appearance.

This passage across the room amounted to a physical sensation, but what it meant she did not know.

But what's the use of reading if you don't read Greek?

But what I do want to say to you is this: I believe in you.

He was bothering her about money--that was it, I remember now--but what an idiot I was to forget it.

But what I was saying--there's no one else but my mother and sister, and my brother Balder.

But what I was speaking of--do you know, those fellows got a tremendous notion of my nerve.

But what I don't perhaps quite understand--well, this is it.

But what do they do--if they have no work?

But what I do not understand, naturally, is how you prevent it.

But what we do know is readily divisible into common knowledge and special knowledge.

Yes, he certainly did the best he could, but what of that?

I had made a pipe a while back, and also some pretty fair tobacco; not the real thing, but what some of the Indians use: the inside bark of the willow, dried.

But what is your highness's idea for racking the prisoner?

I could have mentioned it to the old king, but what would be the use?

Yes, we had heard of them, but what we wanted now was rest and sleep.

Time, the destroyer of all things beautiful, subsequently revealed the baselessness of these legends; but what of that?

I felt awfully mean as regarded Edward; but what could I do?

The inference seemed hardly necessary, but what could I do?

He waited so long that I supposed it for the purpose of repudiating the assumption on which my action had been founded; but what he finally said was: "Do you mean now--here?

But what I judge most likely is that she's on the spot from which, the other day, we saw together what I told you.

But what he presently produced was: "I say, my dear, is she really very awfully ill?

And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?

Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what?

And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?

And David said unto Achish, But what have I done?

But what at full I know, thou know'st no part; I knowing all my peril, thou no art.

But what linsey-woolsey has thou to speak to us again?

But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot?

O Antony, You have my father's house- but what?

But what is the good of turning out second-rate pictures?

Of course it's just waste of money keeping me on at school, but what does he care?

The general impression at the studio was that he was able; it was supposed that he would do great things, and he shared the general opinion; but what exactly he was going to do neither he nor anybody else quite knew.

But what do you suppose you are in the world for?

But what if better counsels might erect Our minds and teach us to cast off this Yoke?

I am ready to defy Issus herself; but what will it avail us?

That about the outer valley is true, but what he says of the location of the Temple of Issus in the centre of his country is false.

III The Flight Look back with longing eyes and know that I will follow, Lift me up in your love as a light wind lifts a swallow, Let our flight be far in sun or blowing rain-- But what if I heard my first love calling me again?

But what to me are north and south, And what the lure of many lands, Since you have leaned to catch my hands And lay a kiss upon my mouth.

Hold me on your heart as the brave sea holds the foam, Take me far away to the hills that hide your home; Peace shall thatch the roof and love shall latch the door-- But what if I heard my first love calling me once more?

But what is precisely the difference between shaving in a sinking ship and smoking in a powder magazine?

But what a fool is my brother to ride into the world, and the thing all the while at home!

But what a strange thing unconsciousness is!

But what be you a-peepin' out o' the window for?

He had been a respecter of himself, a respecter of his own will; but what sort of a machine was it which could be utterly thrown out of gear by a little piece of inflamed gristle?

The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but what" 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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