Example sentences of "but as [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The campus looks neat , and I am proud of the new buildings , but as one looks down Richmond Road , the image is of derelict mills — I hope one day that the University will own all the derelict land and that we will expand our campus on to it . ’ |
| 2 | And by the time we came out we were all a little bit tiddly , and as you know , Fred does n't dance any more , but as we walked up the street to the car , he started to tap dance . |
| 3 | But as we know from British history one of the understated reasons why erm there was a lot of hostility to home rule for Ireland in Britain was because of the fear of the creation of a hostile state er erm off , off Britain 's shore . |
| 4 | But as we know in advance , the two sisters are in communication by letter , and have established a joint policy of provocation . |
| 5 | But as we prepared for the day in the early dawn , with the birds tuning up outside our African ‘ rondavel ’ hut , we both felt impelled to reach the tough core of the Right-wing settlers , Smith 's Rhodesia Front . |
| 6 | It has n't changed but as we said on Friday morning the D of E amongst others have sugg er expressed a view that the panel ought to try to come up with a general location if we can . |
| 7 | The City streets were fairly quiet of course , but as we passed into the suburbs we found ourselves in the midst of the Saturday morning shopping rush . |
| 8 | We can never achieve a perfect life by our own efforts , but as we rest in God 's love , seek God 's will , and identify with God 's life , then we are holy as he is holy . |
| 9 | But as we looked at each other I had a strange sensation . |
| 10 | Animals obey orders , the guard-dog does its duty , but as we saw in Chapter 5 , such attributions involve a language-game only reminiscent of the human paradigm . |
| 11 | By itself this association between earnings and company size is not unique to Japan , but as we saw in the last chapter the number of workers affected is greater . |
| 12 | But as we saw in Section 1.3 there are limitations to the approach . |
| 13 | But as we saw in Chapters 5 and 6 there may be very many extraneous word strings which are homophonous with the correct words , and which extend some if not all of the way through the utterance . |
| 14 | But as we saw in that magnificent film The Cruel Sea ( recently re-shown on television ) it was even more nerve-wracking to serve in a slow moving ammunition ship or tanker , bearing a lethal cargo , than to man the depth charges and guns on a naval corvette , which was at least able to defend itself . |
| 15 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
| 16 | But as we move into the gentler , more thoughtful 1990s , Britain 's big retailers — and the people who invest money in them — should bear three things in mind . |
| 17 | There are some targets which we never expect to achieve but as we move towards them they give us a sense of direction . |
| 18 | But as we stumbled down the other side of the hill , and into the dark , dingy pub where we ate our sandwich lunch , the exaltation of that moment passed . |
| 19 | But as they processed into the Quire of the royal chapel in June 1988 the ancient families were in a minority . |
| 20 | But as they continued down the hill to Dingle and along the road that curved round the harbour to Ballingolin , she was even more bewildered to hear him reciting family history to her — history she had taken in with her mother 's milk and knew by heart . |
| 21 | ( They try ‘ West End Girls ’ but as they get to the line about The Finland Station , Wayne somersaults over the keyboard , does that crap dance that vaudevillians do where they move their hands across their knees , makes a shadow puppet of a seagull in the beam of one of the lasers , does the hitch-hike from Saturday Night Fever , and gobs on Derek Jarman . |
| 22 | But as they walked to the taxi rank he said : ‘ Could you get into Bath in the week ? |
| 23 | But as they walked into the dining room , which can accommodate up to 450 guests , their eyes could not have failed to take in the splendour of it all . |
| 24 | But as they walked towards the car park , buttoning up their coats against the frost , footsteps came up quickly behind and Pascoe joined them . |
| 25 | But as they waited to be escorted by police from Waterloo to the concert , they were confronted by a crowd of anti-Nazi protesters . |
| 26 | JUST WHAT Arsenal might have achieved in Europe this season must remain a matter for speculation , but as they sit on top of the Premier League today manager George Graham insists on thinking ahead rather than looking back . |
| 27 | But as they swung along the road towards the BMW , his interest quickened . |
| 28 | Away in the east the barrage had begun again , but as they lay in front of the fire it was remote and harmless . |
| 29 | But as they came into the finish it was the seven to four favourite , , running home to victory . |
| 30 | But as they came around the corner to the front of the house , they heard a familiar reedy voice hail them and , turning , found themselves confronted by Miss Merchiston herself , her pale eyes going from one to the other with the air of one who had known how it would be . |