Example sentences of "but as it [be] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as it is I feel before the world as Sidney before Stella ( Sonnet L ) |
| 2 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 3 | But as it is I do n't find him remotely attractive ! ’ |
| 4 | She would have had great difficulty establishing herself , but as it is she has sold her pottery successfully through shows and through galleries . |
| 5 | Then Baldwin saw him again and told hint that were it not for his age and his health ( neither of which had greatly changed in the preceding forty-eight hours ) , he would have offered him the vacancy , but as it was it had better go to Eden . |
| 6 | But as it was I felt it would have been presumptive . |
| 7 | Maybe if chlorophyll tablets bad been available in those days they might have helped but as it was I had tried everything . |
| 8 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 9 | But as it was I travelled only so far down the ramp and stuck there with my head and shoulders protruding into the street . |
| 10 | She wished desperately that Ellen were in London that she might send Lizzie to judge how Oreste fared and what he understood , but as it was she had no means of knowing . |
| 11 | If she had been an ordinary teacher , trying to teach an ordinary sedentary subject like history or Latin , she would have been mercilessly flouted and mocked , but as it was she managed to get by . |