We’ re making good progress, but we’ ve still got a long way to go. 我们正在取得可喜的进展，但我们还有很长的路要走。

Anna’ s a highly intelligent girl, but she’ s rather lazy. 安娜是个非常聪明的女孩，但是她相当懒惰。

a simple but effective way of filtering water 过滤水的简单而有效的方法

What we are about to do is perfectly legal. But please don’ t discuss it with anyone. 我们要做的事完全合法。但请不要与任何人讨论这件事。

It was a very complicated operation. But I don’ t want to bore you with all the details.

There’ s also the question of how we’ re going to pay for this, but we can discuss that some other time. 还有我们将如何支付的问题，但我们可以另外找时间来商谈这一点。

Excuse me, but is there a post office anywhere around here? 对不起，请问这附近有邮局吗？

I’ m sorry, but all our operators are busy at the moment. 对不起，我们所有的接线员现在都很忙。

She does nothing but grumble all day long. 她整天除了抱怨什么也不做。

I refuse to discuss my medical history with anyone but Dr Grant. 除了格兰特医生，我拒绝与任何人讨论我的病史。

There’ s no alternative but to scrap the whole plan and start again. 除了废弃整个计划重新开始之外，别无选择。

We can but guess at the extent of the problem. 我们只能猜测问题的程度。

Several Japanese companies already operate in the UK – Nissan, Honda, Fujitsu, to name but a few. 几家日本公司已经在英国开展业务了，日产公司、本田公司、富士通公司，仅仅列举几家。

‘I’ ve decided to resign.’ ‘But why?’ “我决定辞职了。”“为什么呢？”

But you promised not to do anything without asking me first. 可是你答应过做任何事情之前先问我的。

I never take a bath but the phone rings or someone knocks at the door. 我每次洗澡时总会有电话或有人敲门。

The work was now complete, but for a final coat of paint. 除了最后一层油漆，现在活儿都干完了。

Lee would certainly have been included in the team, but for his recent injury. 李要不是最近受伤，肯定会被选入队里。

But for your timely warning, we would have been unaware of the danger. 要不是你及时警告，我们不会意识到有危险。

What a stupid thing to do! But then I’ ve always thought Colin was a bit of a fool. 多傻的一件事啊！不过我一直认为科林有点傻。

No one ever listens to what I say, but then I’ m only the junior clerk. 没有人会听我说的话，不过话说回来，我只不过是个小职员。

My name was last but one on the list. 我的名字是名单中的倒数第二个。

My sister lives next door but one (=there is one house between my house and hers) . 我的姐姐住在我隔壁的隔壁。

There was no doubt but that the poor girl had committed suicide. 毫无疑问那个可怜的女孩自杀了。