| 单词 | but that |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbut that (a) In but that. Now rare. ΚΠ OE Genesis A (1931) 1403 Se egorhere eorðan tuddor eall acwealde, buton þæt earce bord heold heofona frea. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) v. 13 Þæt sealt..ne mæg syððan to nahte buton þæt hit sy utaworpen. c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 202 Ðenne nis us nan þing bætere ne sælre buton þæt we lufien ure Drihten mid alle mode. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 12233 Doþ itt te nan oþerr god. But an þatt tatt tu gowesst. Þær onne. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15567 He wolde al þis kine-lond setten an heore hond. bute [c1300 Otho bote] þat he icleoped weore king. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 281 I can nouȝt but þat I can nouȝt. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Fviiv Wherby I can not see what good they haue doone: but that men may more sickerlye be euell. 1624 J. Ussher Answer to Challenge by Iesuite 144 The Minister..signifieth nothing else by those words, but that hee..conferreth the sacrament of reconciliation or absolution. 1752 Adventurer No. 12. ⁋11 A formal prig, of whom he knew nothing but that he went every morning and evening to prayers. 1896 Argosy Mar. 591/2 Nothing would satisfy him but that this team should be hitched up to a handsome three seated drag. 1931 I. Compton-Burnett Men & Wives xii. 157 We heard that you were clothed and in your right mind, Lady Haslam, but nothing would do for Mother but that I should come to inquire. but that b. Introducing a consideration or reason to the contrary: except for the fact that, were it not that. Chiefly in but that.Formerly that was occasionally omitted. ΚΠ eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. xiv. 141 He wæs swiþe yfel monn ealra þeawa, buton þæt he wæs cene, & oft feaht anwig. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 1438 (MED) Nere for Ioye she swounyd swythe, But as that he her helde vpRyght. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 38 (MED) Myn handwerk to sle sore grevyth me but þat here synne here deth doth brewe. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. clvi. f. lxxxiiiiv In hym was no thynge to be dyscommendyd, but that he helde his Doughter so longe vnmaryed. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 25 Wemen comend it [sc. Alsine] greatly, and som say they haue tried it them selues... But that when I tasted it, had like to haue made me vomit. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. vi. 41 And but she spoke it dying, I would not Beleeue her lips. View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xlviii. sig. H12 Hee would bee wholy a Christian, but that he is something of an Atheist. 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece i. 78 We had not staid here long, but the Wind expected proved a brisque South-wind. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) xiv. 71 I need not have put the case so far, but that I was willing to shew, etc. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 359 I too should be content to dwell in peace..But that my country calls. 1850 H. Taylor Sicilian Summer ii. iii Each by the other would have done the like But that they lack'd the courage. 1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 43 I should have come up earlier now, but that I was weighing up his servant. 1992 J. Purdy Out with Stars 24 He would have taken him in his arms at that moment but that he was sure Hugh would have rebuffed him. but that 9. After various verbs in negative or interrogative constructions, reversing the effect of the negative or interrogative so as to affirm more emphatically the dependent clause (e.g. I don't know but she's got notions into her head = ‘I think it likely that she's got notions into her head’). Frequently in but that. extracted from butprep.adv.conj.n.2 a. (a) After verbs and verbal phrases expressing mental affirmation, as believe, be sure, conceive, conclude, persuade, say, see, think, wit, and (esp.) know. Now rare (chiefly regional). ΚΠ OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1881) I. 456 Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þam cynincge, and nyste butan hi sungon þone lofsang forð on. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4146 & þu hit nult ileuen beoten hit læssingge beo, ich hit wulle trousien þurh minne tir-fulne godd. a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 56 Peraventure ȝee seyen that no man schal make ȝou to byleven but that it is good to pleyen the passion of Crist. ?1506 Thystorye vii. Wyse Maysters Rome (new ed.) sig. Liii Tho became þe sheryf so colde þt he wyst not but to dye for colde. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Ee.vv Thinke not but it dooeth brenne my heart. 1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 28 He maie not say but that hee was forewarned. 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 89 I see not but that..one or both are undone. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. ix. 33 Who knows but that Light and Cold may have kindness one for the other. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela 206 I could not persuade myself..but that I should do better for her than my Mother had wished me to do. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles 313 Sirs, you do not know But he fell in on purpose. 1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World I. 134 Who knows but we might see a lord holding the bowl to a minister. 1847 Blackwood's Mag. 61 220 How could he tell but that Mildred might do the same? 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 5 Sept. 3/4 I am not sure but that there is a state of facts by which..the Constitution would be in some danger. 1887 H. Caine Son of Hagar i. Prol. I'll not say but other folks look a mort madder nor ever I looked. 1915 G. A. Cleveland Maine 164 Oh, I didn't know but you might be one o' them ere Boston sport fishermen, them's what they were. 1977 M. Treacy in D. Marcus State of Art 369 We sent you a postcard; I don't know but that we sent you two and that's all the heed you put in it. 2011 20th-cent. Lit. 57 389 Who knows but that what arises from the rubble might not be better than what we have now? (b) After deny. Now rare.In this use, but has the effect of affirming the dependent clause without cancelling the preceding negative. ΚΠ c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 287 It is not to be denied but that thei [sc. the clergy] hadden veri cyuyl lordschip vpon the xlviij. citees receyued of hem in her firste endewyng. c1450 C. d'Orleans Poems (1941) 179 What ye me geve y may it not denye But hit agre as for myn aventure. 1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies Fruitf. Exhort. ii, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) i. 11 Yet no man can deny, but this is the chiefe. 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. T.ijv I will not denie but this may seeme a preposterous ordre. 1610 T. Bell Catholique Triumph v. 174 I will not deny but the Minister hath some skill in botching togeather of old endes of Diuinitie. 1665 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim viii. 33 I will not deny but that it is a difficult thing. a1719 Def. Nat. & Revealed Relig. (1739) I. 369 Those that hold a Soul or Life in Matter..cannot deny but this power is invisible. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ i. 5 I cannot deny but that it would be easy. 1891 Jrnl. Amer. Geogr. Soc. N.Y. 23 615 We cannot deny but that, originating in this manner, subsequent generations may have acquired a fondness for these cañon fastnesses. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song 33 Nor could a body deny but that Long Rob's boar was one of the best in the Mearns. b. After verbs and verbal phrases expressing dubiety, as doubt, despair, scruple. Cf. sense C. 9d. [Compare classical Latin non dubito quin ‘I don't doubt that’.] ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 12322 She..douted nouȝt But goddes wille wolde be wrouȝt. 1471 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1877) 11 361 (MED) The which if ye soe doo, We doubte not but it shall not onely be vnto you grete honoure and Worship but alsoe to your prevaile. 1521 W. Warham Let. 8 Mar. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 239 I doubt not but it is to your good Grace right pensiful hearing. 1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. D.ivv I dout not but there were blanchers in the olde time. 1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel i. 23 I make no question, but they do farre excell them. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 73 Who..scruples, but that they may lawfully be pluckt out? a1661 T. Fuller Triana (1867) iii Sabina's friends despair not but..to mould him. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome 482 They questioned not but to strike terror into the Romans. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind iii, in Wks. (1863) I. 116/2 Nor is it to be doubted, but smells..would appear to have as great variety. 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. 5 399 Who doubted but the catastrophe was over? 1857 D. Livingstone Missionary Trav. S. Afr. i. 19 We..have no doubt but it will yet spring up. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art (1875) 87 I do not doubt but that you are surprised. 1929 Science 1 Mar. 253/2 There is no doubt but that the reconstituted adult organ would luminesce even if the larval organs had been removed. 1932 R. Macaulay Shadow Flies i. xviii. 159 No question but the witch'll walk, starkling all the countryside. 2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day ii. 56 There is no question but that the striking of the clock would have been familiar to Roger Martin. c. After verbs and phrases expressing prevention. ΚΠ c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. l. 149 Lord it me for-bede Bote ich be holiche [read holly] at þyn heste. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 910 God forbede but a woman can Ben as trewe & louynge as a man. 1536 J. Gwynneth Confut. Fyrst Parte Frythes Boke sig. h.iiii Treason abydyng in his olde odibylyte styll (as god forbede but it shold i ded). 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 40 And God defend but still I should stand so. View more context for this quotation 1659 H. Newcome Sinners Hope 119 The Lord forbid but that I should pray for you. 1821 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) V. 139 God forbid but that by hook or crook you shall be enabled to make both ends meet, without incurring any Cambridge Debt. 1863 J. Ruskin Let. Mar. in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 70 325 If you believe the Resurrection (and God forbid but that you still may—) hold to that. ΚΠ 1510 A. Chertsey tr. Floure Commaundementes of God (de Worde) i. xxiv. f. lviv/1 Yf I may not auoyde but that I muste go thorowe them. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 81 b If you loke in the boke..you shal not faile but find them. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Hist. Kingdome of China 23 He cannot let but haue in his shop men that must worke of his occupation. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxv. 253 Our maker may not be in all cases restrayned, but that he may..manifest his arte. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. clxxii. 482 You shall not faile but..you shall spet in his mouth. 1626 G. Hakewill Comparison 29 He could not hold but let fall teares at the sight thereof. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. ii. §156. 69 These words..shall not bind him but that hee may enter. 1653 Cloria & Narcissus 294 Cloria..could not forbeare but plainly to tell him her thoughts. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 70 What..hinders..but that we may study to adorn our lookes? 1713 J. Addison Cato iii. vii. 18 What hinders then, but that thou find her out? 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews x. x, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 317 It could not be avoided but their..colours must be changed. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Gardener's Daughter in Poems (new ed.) II. 27 You cannot fail but work in hues to dim The Titianic Flora. 1893 B. Carman Low Tide on Grand Pré 57 What's to hinder but I follow This my gypsy guide afar, When the bugle rouses slumber? ΚΠ a1530 T. Lupset Compend. Treat. Dyenge Well (1534) sig. C.viv I see not but the strength of mannes minde fully fastened in fayth, may victoriousely ouer come all this feare. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxi. 208 I see not but the rest..may be borne with. 1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel ix. 236 I see no cause..but that the Spaniardes should rather feare vs. 1700 J. England Man's Sinfulness & Misery 428 I see not, but that the Doctrine of pardon, and faith in order to it, may be defended by this Doctrine of Christ's being a legal Representative. 1754 S. Emlyn Queries E. C's case (single sheet) I see not but that they may take Refreshment, and retire to Rest in a Place provided for them. 1820 J. Penrose Inq. Human Motives i. xii. 128 I see not but that it is a true perfection to preserve..the same perfect and unviolated equanimity. ΚΠ 1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin Harmonie vpon Three Euangelists 646 For..it wanted but little, but that in one day there should haue beene a signe giuen, to slaye them euerye where. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 624 There wanted but little, but that the people had killed the Judges. 1727 F. Altieri Dizionario Inglese & Italiano at But There wanted but little but he had struck him, poco mancò che non lo bastanasse. (e) After cannot help (see help v. 11b). ΚΠ 1756 E. Haywood Wife iv. 29 I cannot help but heartily pitying the husbands of those butterfly wives who are every day flaunting in the Mall. 1777 in E. B. O'Callaghan Documentary Hist. State of N.-Y. (1851) IV. 950 We Cant help but recomend him to the state as worthy to receive such releaif as they think a faithful person ought to have. 1852 Masonic Rev. Feb. 160 Our friends..should call and see his stock and ask the prices—they cant help but be suited. a1867 M. Faraday Let. in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) xiii. 198 I cannot help but feel drawn towards them by their affinity to us. 1923 N. Coward Shake your Feet in B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics (1998) 59/2 Everybody, everybody, listen to me, I can not help but enthuse. 1961 S.-Y. Ch'ên Chinese Lit. i. 12 This preponderant monosyllabism of archaic Chinese could not help but produce an embarrassing result—the large numbers of homonyms. 2014 Radio Times 20 Sept. (South/West ed.) 134/1 You can't help but warm to [Professor Brian] Cox as he summarises very complicated ideas in simple, accessible language. d. After fear and †dread. Cf. sense C. 9b. Now rare. ΚΠ ?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. x. sig. biv And thanne drede nat but god wyll pardon the. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxi. 212 Fere not but ye shalbe well payed. 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. Ep. Ded. sig. ✠iiv/2 Yet I feare not, but that this booke, beyng so necessary for the commune weale, shall be vnto youe ryght pleasaunt. 1641 T. Edwards Reasons against Independant Govt. Congregations 20 I doe not feare but that these few Souldiers will be able to returne againe. 1660 R. Southwell Let. 20 Feb. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) I. 355 I feare not but he will most effectually Compasse his designe. 1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. cxvi. 337 I could not fear but that all your Imployments would meet with good fortune. 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 139 I would engage my Life to bring them to the Island of St. John..and did not fear but we should be much better off than their Consorts. ?1797 T. Shaw Let. to Alexander Mather 21 If any one can swallow this mountain, we need not fear but he will drink up the largest river in Europe to rinse it down. 1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 684 I do not fear but that my grandfather will recover. 1879 M. Oliphant Within Precincts II. xvii. 15 Never fear but I'll go. 1918 Virginia Law Reg. 4 302 We do not fear but that our courts will measure up to their high duty as patriots and judges of the law. 1972 J. B. Keane in Lett. (1996) 75 Have no fear but he planted the bulbs of doubt in the collective crania of The Lochnanaanites. but that b. Introducing an inevitable accompanying circumstance or result: so that..not. Formerly sometimes in but that. Now rare.Now generally expressed by without and gerund (e.g. you cannot look but you will see it = ‘you cannot look without seeing it’).it never rains but it pours: rain v. Phrases 2. ΚΠ a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 473 (MED) Sche schal noght with hir litel too Misteppe, bot he se it al. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 9654 He may not scape where he go But him assaileþ euer his fo. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 24 No straungere cometh before him but þat he maketh him sum promys. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. M.ivv One unhappynes chaunceth not, but an nother foloweth. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. ii. sig. B.jv Ye passe not by, but they laugh till they be werie. 1644 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block in Hist. & Misc. Tracts 653 The Magistrate cannot be resisted, but that God is resisted, also. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 7 For Rhetorick, he could not ope His mouth, but out there flew a Trope. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. i. 123 You cannot dip into a Diary but you will find it. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 1 July 97 Scarce any couple comes together, but the nuptials are declared in the News Papers with encomiums on each party. 1796 E. Inchbald Nature & Art II. xxxiii. 92 Nor did she ever weep, but he wept too. 1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi III. x. vi. 300 He had never confided, but he had been betrayed. 1889 F. Thompson in Merry Eng. Sept. 306 For there is nothing lives but something dies, And there is nothing dies but something lives. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song i. 44 You could go never a road but farmer billies were leaning over the gates, glowering at the weather. but that (a) After it cannot be, it is impossible, it is not possible, is it possible?: except that, other than that. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) §265 It is impossible but he be tempted som tyme. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 17 (MED) Merci hath many praieres, and it is impossible but that many preiers most nedis be exhauncid. 1539 Bible (Great) Luke xvii. 1 It can not be but offences wyl come [ Wyclif, It is impossible that sclaundris come not; 1526 Tindale, It can not be avoyded but that offences will come; 1582 Rhem., It is impossible that scandale should not come; 1611 Bible, It is impossible but that offences will come]. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1582) 185 It cannot be but that the writings of such a woman..were very lively. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. x. 148 How is it possible but that we should be discontent. 1645 Mercurius Britanicus No. 100. 889 Its impossible but the University should have been able to afford a single sheet in all this time. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico viii. 7 She said it was not possible but she must be in great anxiety. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 239 It cannot be But that success attends him; if mishap, Ere this he had return'd. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 170 It was impossible but he should see it. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman Ded. p. v I think it scarcely possible, but that some of the enlarged minds..will coincide with me. 1801 G. Culley Let. 9 Nov. in M. Culley & G. Culley Farming Lett. (2006) 201 It is impossible but John Welch must have turnips to serve more stock than he has at present, or his turnips are worse than I suppose them. 1849 M. Faraday Diary 25 Aug. in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) viii. 126 It seems hardly possible but that there must be some extraordinary results to come out in relation to celestial mechanics. 1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 41 It can hardly be but that the ‘thousand noses’ are intended as a satirical hit. (b) After it is not impossible, not improbable, not unlikely, etc.: that. Cf. C. 9b. Obsolete.In this use, but has the effect of affirming the dependent clause without cancelling the preceding negative. ΚΠ ?1542 R. Taverner On Saynt Andrewes Day Gospels f. xxxix It is not impossible but the deuil may by art Magik and sorcery worke many wonders and maystres. 1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. Ep. to Rdr. sig. a8v 'Tis no unlikely but some captious Antagonist may censure my Aphorisms, as ostentatory. 1665 J. Wilson Projectors iii 'Tis not impossible but I may make my party good. 1680 Vindic. Conforming Clergy (ed. 2) 38 It is not unlikely but somebody may know. 1684 N. S. tr. R. Simon Crit. Enq. Editions Bible xviii. 184 It is not improbable but that Origen..marked the various reading. 1711 Medley No. 33 It is not impossible, but such a day as this may come, etc. 1766 Evening Post 15 May It is not improbable but Prince Heraclius wants it [sc. the city] restored to himself. 1780 M. Madan Thelyphthora I. 3 It is not impossible but that the light of that great reformer had remained hidden under the bushel of monkery. 1813 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. July 186 It is not improbable but future observations will add Pliny's Well to the class of irregular reciprocators. but that d. Following an adjective or adverb modified by not so: that..not (e.g. he was not so brave but (that) he hesitated = ‘he was not so brave that he did not hesitate’). Frequently in but that. Cf. so adv. and conj. 24d. Now rare. ΚΠ ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 32 (MED) Þat feld is not so wel closed but þat men may entren at here owne list. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 100 I coude not so fast flee, but that the terrible dragon cast vpon me a gobet of the moste detestable infeccion that euer was. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.vjv There is nothyng that is so loste but that there is hope of recoveryng. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 33 There was neuer fort so strong, but it might be battered. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iv. i. iii. 755 No Garden so well tilled, but some noxious weedes growe vp in it. 1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 148 No Indian is so savage, but that he knows the use of his Tobacco and Contra-yerva. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 203. ¶6 It will be impossible..to make them so fast, but a Cat..will find a way through them. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxv. 111 Yet 'scap'd they not so covertly, but well I mark'd Sciancato. 1883 E. Gosse 17th Cent. Stud. 10 Lodge was not so vagrant a person but that he had married by this time. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xvi The present is not so glorious but that I should not wish to dwell a little in the past. 1939 G. L. S. Shackle in Oxf. Econ. Papers OS-2 135 Human nature is not so widely various but that..the resultant of these individual tastes in the matter of spending or not-spending will be much the same. but that f. After various limiting temporal expressions. Also in but that. extracted from butprep.adv.conj.n.2 (a) After no sooner: than (e.g. No sooner said, but done, i.e. no sooner said, than done). Cf. soon adv. 12b. ΚΠ J. Metham Amoryus & Cleopes (1916) l. 1996 (MED) Thys word nas sunner spokyn, but that the deuyl gan owte flye. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 107 He had no sunner seyde the worde but there com in four knyghtes. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxiv. 264 He had no sooner made his wysshe but they were set on the table. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xix. sig. M1v Philoclea no sooner espied the Lion, but that..she lept vp, & ran to the lodge-ward. 1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements i. xxxiii. 188 It was no sooner said but done. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον i. 30 That was no sooner heard but they fell into a divine rapture resembling madnesse. 1662 I. T. Haughton's Grim the Collier iii. 43 in Gratiæ Theatrales He, poor Heart, no sooner heard my newes, But turns me up his Whites, and falls flat down. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. Rebellion (1717) III. ii. xvi. 722 Which was no sooner ended, but that all the City-Bells rang out. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. vi. v. 257 No sooner acquainted my Brother; but he immediately wanted to propose it. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. I. viii. 265 Which Nicias had no sooner notice of, but he embarked his troops. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VI. 293 They were no sooner landed at Barbadoes, but the monster sold her who had saved his life. 1844 T. Stephen Hist. Church Scotl. III. li. 434 No sooner was this storm over, but a tempest arose which did terrible execution. 1998 What Cellphone Nov. 38/2 We've waited a long time for Nokia to announce its plans on dual-band handsets, but no sooner does it reveal all, but the phone arrives in the market. ΚΠ c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 41 (MED) It was not long bot of Bretane and of othre contres ther come enwe. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 230 They were scant entred, but that the frenchmen came thyder. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) R iij b We had not long furth past, but that we sawe Blacke Cerberus. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 18 He scarsly spake the worde, but by and by..vnto her flankes they flewe. a1650 S. D'Ewes Autobiogr. & Corr. (1845) (modernized text) I. 240 I was scarce come into commons, but..I was set at work, arguing a moot-point or law-case on Thursday night after supper. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel ii. 35 He had scarce rub'd his eyes..but Darius fled. 1713 J. Addison Cato iv. iv Scarce had I left my father, but I met him. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 24 Nor had we receiv'd him on Board half an Hour, but..we put out to Sea. 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions xi. 237 He had not gone many Steps more, but he saw his Brother. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iii. 43 He's scarce gotten out of one scrape, but he's running his head into another. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini i. ix. 40 Scarce have I arrived..But there is brought to me from your equerry A splendid richly-plated hunting dress. 1835 Colonist (Sydney) 16 July 228/3 Scarce a day passes but one may observe either one or more passing along the road from the chief gang to the detached party. ΚΠ c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 77 (MED) Itt was not long after bot all the batells assemelyd. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. 156 It was not longe after but that the duke of Lancastre, etc. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 258/2 It was not long after, but Eustace sonne to kyng Steuan..made warre vpon duke Henry. 1635 T. Cranley Amanda 18 It was not long after but I had occasion to goe into London in company of another Gentleman. 1699 J. Field Def. Apol. for Quakers 1 It was not long after, but they rebelled against him. but that ΚΠ c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 77 (MED) Itt was not long after bot all the batells assemelyd. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. 156 It was not longe after but that the duke of Lancastre, etc. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 258/2 It was not long after, but Eustace sonne to kyng Steuan..made warre vpon duke Henry. 1635 T. Cranley Amanda 18 It was not long after but I had occasion to goe into London in company of another Gentleman. 1699 J. Field Def. Apol. for Quakers 1 It was not long after, but they rebelled against him. < as lemmas |
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