Example sentences of "but as [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as they checked their tiny forces — a hundred or so ashore — the first German Stosstruppen , Thrust Troops , were moving into the docks over the bridges of the submarines ' basin 's southern lock ( 'D' ) at 0150 hours . |
| 2 | But as I studied him any aggressive feelings I may have harboured evaporated quickly . |
| 3 | Sgurr a' Mhaim was my 5Oth Munro , but as I hauled my dejected little body up the last few hundred feet , I was thinking only of rest , not triumph . |
| 4 | It was hardly a stately progress , but as she made her triumphant way back the seas of people around her grew and grew , so that she was accompanied back into the parade ring by a whooping mob , pushing and shoving to get to her , all carried along on a tide of exultation . |
| 5 | But as he took his three lifelong friends for a drive , the car veered over a dual carriageway and hit a bus head-on . |
| 6 | But as he began his sixth day his silent vigil ended . |
| 7 | For a decade and a half Bramwell served the movement faithfully but as he approached his seventies speculation began to grow about who was to follow him . |
| 8 | He still irritated her with his casual dress , the sloppy tie hanging round his neck , the top button always undone , the lazy grin and teasing remarks in front of her colleagues , but as he teased them all she was in no way singled out . |