Sentence examples for if we but from inspiring English sources

Over our heads, if we but knew,.

Of course, there is a bottomless ambiguity in that very Jamesian caveat — "if we but allow the term its full extension" — but that itself is part of the fun.

(It all comes back to that, to my and your "fun" — if we but allow the term its full extension; to the production of which no humblest question involved, even to that of the shade of a cadence or the position of a comma, is not richly pertinent).

(It all comes back to that, to my and your "fun"—if we but allow the term its full extension; to the production of which no humblest question involved, even to that of the shade of a cadence or the position of a comma, is not richly pertinent).

Or do you believe all this trouble on social media is a storm in a teacup that will blow over if we but screw our courage to the sticking place and wait for everyone to catch up with the cardinal Internet truth that nothing online is what it seems….

Now we might not see the HDMI Mac Mini that was rumored back in March — expect Blu-ray if we, but that's a different post entirely — but it's about time that Apple stuffs a Core i3 or Core i5 CPU into the small Mac.

We can romanticise the tiger if we wish, but we should re-enchant ourselves with humanity.

We would all move if we could, but we are trapped".

It would be absolutely remarkable if we did but if we go down we'll be fine.

"We would go put out the flames if we could, but we don't have the tools.

"We can let it isolate us if we want, but we must realize that isolation is a lie.