Example sentences of "but as he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as he said to me , why do n't you go welding . |
| 2 | But as he looked at her innocent lips , he thought this pure child of nature could only have picked up the question from others . |
| 3 | But as he thought of it , Charles knew the explanation was inadequate . |
| 4 | But as he walked at her side through the dark halls of the Grail Castle , he remembered , and wished not to remember , that she might well have within her the strange power that could awaken all manner of sleeping bewitchments and lost enchantments . |
| 5 | But as he walked through the dim streets of London to Archer Street on the Friday evening , the mood was still with him . |
| 6 | But as he went across the room to the bed , something on the dressing-table caught his eye . |
| 7 | But as he cut into one using a power saw , an alarm sounded , and he realised there 'd been a leak of radioactive tritium gas . |
| 8 | He stopped , coughing harshly , but as he sipped at the medicine Master Beaton held to his lips he was still grinning . |
| 9 | But as he sank into Dick Smith 's trembling arms he made no sound . |
| 10 | But as he proved at Knowsley Road on Sunday , although he may have descended into relative obscurity he still possesses exceptional powers of motivation , with his Dewsbury side producing the most impressive performance of the Regal Trophy so far . |
| 11 | But as he pulled alongside the defendant , he grabbed the boy by the neck and began to punch him . |
| 12 | But as he pulled alongside the defendant , he grabbed the boy by the neck and began to punch him . |
| 13 | For the player it was simply sartorial preference , but as he explained in his autobiography , for the over-ripe imaginations of Glasgow — a town called malice — it was all the proof they needed to spread the rumour that MoJo was a heroin addict disguising his needle marks . |
| 14 | Greg glanced uncertainly from Rachel to Nina but as he turned to the door Rachel stopped him . |
| 15 | But as he hurried down the path that led to the school gate he ran straight into Tina . |
| 16 | He did not move quietly by intention , but as he pushed upon the door of the office a boy and girl sprang apart . |
| 17 | But as he emerged from the polling booth in the gym of St Mary 's seminary , Houston , at 8.37 am , he was asked if he was relieved the campaigning was all over . |
| 18 | He disapproved of the casual obscenity of barrack-room conversation , but as he groped for words to express his triumphant passion , he found to his surprise that he could not say them to Bridget They would sound to her like a string of incoherent obscenities : — the Army and — second stag on East Wing Guard and — Sergeant Towser who cancelled his last leave pass and — the troop train back to Catterick on Sunday night and — the cold walk from the station to the camp and — the platform where he kissed Bridget good-bye at the end of leave and — the street corner where he had to run for his bus and — the Teddy-boy who had attacked her and — all the people and all the regulations and all the time-tables and all the clocks that had tried for so long to stop them from having this . |
| 19 | But as he climbed into his own bed in his little two roomed flat half a mile from the police station his mind was occupied still with the case . |
| 20 | But as he climbed onto it he slipped to the ground , catching his arm on the trigger handle . |
| 21 | But as he departed for the pantry the bell rang for afternoon tea to be served . |
| 22 | But as he writhed on the carpet after the sprint , he was ticked off by 28-year-old Angela for ‘ over-reacting . ’ |
| 23 | But as he pulls at the silk of her sari , it just unwinds endlessly in a cloud of colour until he falls bundled in fabric . |
| 24 | But as he adapts to his new environment , Freddie 's proving himself to be a survivor capable of keeping everyone on the hop . |