Sentence examples of "nothing but" in English
There was nothing but sand as far as the eye could see.
Da war nichts als Sand, soweit das Auge blicken konnte.
I could feel nothing but the knife as it plunged into my back.
Ich konnte nichts als das Messer spüren, als es sich in meinen Rücken versenkte.
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Schwören Sie die Wahrheit zu sagen, die ganze Wahrheit und nichts als die Wahrheit?
Christopher Columbus once fought Cerberus, the three-headed guardian of the underworld, with nothing but his hat.
Christoph Columbus bekämpfte einst Kerberos, den dreiköpfigen Wächter der Unterwelt, mit nichts als seinem Hut.
The mind is nothing but a plaything of the body.
Der Geist ist nichts weiter als ein Spielzeug des Körpers.
Stracciatella ice-cream is nothing but a plain ice-cream with chocolate chips.
Stracciatellaeis ist nichts anderes als normales Eis mit Schokostückchen.
What a waste it would be if Tatoeba were to link nothing but sentences.
Wie überflüssig wäre Tatoeba, wenn es nichts anderes als Sätze verbinden würde.
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