Sentence examples for not but on from inspiring English sources

"The sun shone not, but on Monday morning, the 30 a litle glimmering one glance or two".

Sadly not – but on this, I would be delighted to be proved wrong.

Probably not, but on a given day, we feel we have a chance to beat them".

Maybe not, but on Thursday night at Town Hall in Manhattan the Jayhawks spent two hours coming pretty close.

Maybe not, but On the Way, a new online travel site for road trippers, was designed to help find such unusual attractions.

"Whether you've got the stuff to be a sailor," the newspaper said he told some sailors, "doesn't depend on whether you throw up or not, but on whether you can eat after you've thrown up".

Not once, but on three consecutive days.

But not on this one".

But don't count on tomorrow".

But he is not completely on-message.

But that won't go on forever.