Example sentences of "but as he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crossing the bridge on his way home , he thought he would stop and give Mr Hellyer a piece of his Mars Bar , but as he got nearer , he saw Mr Hellyer was gone . |
| 2 | Pam 's voice still urged him onward , encouraging him , but as he struggled upwards towards it , the darkness was closing in thickly around him , making it progressively harder to see or breathe . |
| 3 | That first time , he could n't be sure , it was after midnight , too dark to tell , her belly and her legs lay like patches of moonlight on the ground , he could n't be sure , but as he lifted away from her he thought he smelt that rich , metallic smell . |
| 4 | But as he came closer I saw that he was not asking a question . |
| 5 | She was of course interested in his progress , but as he had already told them , a mother substitute had been appointed to give the child his direct physical care . |
| 6 | Endill tried to sit up to get a better look but as he did so , knocked over a book and it thumped onto the shelf . |
| 7 | Rubbing his palm across her skin , he slipped his thumb under the top of her brief bikini panties , but as he did so , he made that same quick exclamation of surprise and moved away from her slightly , looking at her with his dark brows drawn sharply together . |
| 8 | As Negus , Tafari now felt powerful enough to press ahead with the reforms he had set his heart on ; but as he did so opposition intensified . |
| 9 | He braced himself and walked forward , but as he did so , the fur coat moved a little , and the girl underneath sat up and stretched , her mascara in streaks on her face , leaning over for her shoes , fumbling briefly with the straps . |
| 10 | She fell towards them , wishing she had the energy to turn her gaze away from this blankness , but as he moved closer to her a little light caught his cheek and she saw , or thought she saw , tears there , spilling from those dark eyes . |
| 11 | He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’ |
| 12 | There is also a contrast between the forge and Satis House as the house is barricaded and the inside is all dark so Pip has to be led by candlelight to Miss Havisham and when he first sees her all in white she looks like a fairy godmother but as he looks closer he sees her decay and yellowness . |
| 13 | But as he has also said , for longer that any of us care to remember all attempts at rational arguments over the best use of resources in Highfields have been drowned out by noise from the grinding of axes . |
| 14 | But as he stood there a few seconds more , holding her eyes relentlessly , Maria was assailed by a sense of what her fate would be like if ever she was weak enough to succumb to the dark , dangerous attraction he held for her . |