Example sentences of "but as [pers pn] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The future will not be as God/dess or fate decrees , but as we design it . |
| 2 | We all felt happy about this and began to walk towards a distant wood , but as we approached it we saw two figures emerging : the priest we had come to see arm in arm with an attractive girl . |
| 3 | Painting was to become intellectual , and the painters would depict the world not as they saw it , but as they knew it to be . |
| 4 | But as they said it I felt something being pulled round my neck . |
| 5 | The adventurers have to head for the hill , but as they do it appears that the grey trees begin to grow and spread up the hillside . |
| 6 | But er it certainly did a lot for the bakers but as I said it certainly took away the happy family union that we had before . |
| 7 | and erm of course computers did n't help in the slightest because er , I think the er , I may be wrong about this but as I understood it erm the computer programmer worked for West Suffolk but at the time of reorganization he 'd got himself another job . |
| 8 | So it 's sort of a mobility thing and erm I think people will notice it on erm on that kind of level erm but as I say it 's a gradual process it 's cumulative and erm |
| 9 | I 've got no idea of what it might fetch , but as I say it is fiction Kath , do n't worry about it . |
| 10 | But as I say it ce it would be better to do it that way . |
| 11 | But as i say it was like that for two or three years . |
| 12 | with some , some things to write a few words in , some things to tick , some things to make a mark on one of the numbers and so forth so erm er you know it 's erm but as I say it 's difficult to er |
| 13 | Yeah fine erm but as I say it 's just sort of you know kind of minor layout changes , that 's all I was suggesting |
| 14 | Yeah but as I say it 's the same as when you know we come over when we went up to the |
| 15 | Yeah , oh yeah , but as I say it 's limitless really |
| 16 | Yeah , like where I sit in my chair if I look up there I can see it , but as I say it 's not there all the wallpaper |
| 17 | Mr was well aware because he 'd been told by the plaintiffs solicitors that the plaintiffs received terms for cover or to obtain interest on their costs , the plaintiffs solicitors wrote specifically to Mr enquiring was his offer in , in the sum of forty two thousand pounds , that 's er the possible agreed settlement figure for costs , er if it was inclusive or exclusive of interest erm there were some delay but er Mr wrote back in due course making clear that interest was n't included , I should also say that in Mr er proposed bill of costs he had disallowed interest for a fairly short period in respect of both the plaintiffs bill of costs and the defendants bill of costs and the plaintiffs solicitors do n't appear to have erm taken any point on that , but as I say it , the point as to interest was specifically raised by the plaintiffs solicitors letter and er I 'm quite satisfied on the correspondence that they when it came to the matter were seen , were desires of obtaining interest in respect of their costs . |
| 18 | Erm , but as I say it 's a good thing that you 're doing yourselves . |
| 19 | Yes , I 'm I 'm no expert , I I , though if you probably are , erm , but as I understand it , it 's erm , it 's growing or starting plants off , erm , to grow in a soilless culture |
| 20 | But as she seized it in her hand , before her horrified eyes the dried petals fell away and fluttered to the floor , scattering like confetti at her feet . |
| 21 | There were too many shadows between that time and this , but as she listened it was n't her past that came back to her , it was his . |
| 22 | Well I think that 's the intention but as you know it says M in there |
| 23 | But as you say it may well be that erm we can look at it and say well really that factor compensates for that one , |
| 24 | Because you 're seen in public and you do sing in public , there 's a lot of people that sing but as you say it 's sometimes just in their own homes or they used to but they would never sing in public , they used to sing in the choir . |
| 25 | But as he raised it to his lips the windows flashed bright again , and the heavens gave forth another stream of rumbling abuse . |
| 26 | At last she stretched out her own hand , but as he took it he allowed it to rest briefly in his before he tightened his grip , applying the necessary force to assist her to her feet . |
| 27 | But as he tapped it , expertly , for he had suffered an onslaught of boils over a suppurating , pus-stinking twelvemonth , he knew that the hardness meat it was not quite ripe . |
| 28 | Wycliffe saw a gull which seemed to be standing on the water but as he watched it took off with a derisive squawk and he caught sight of the lattice framework of the Wheel lifting to the swell . |
| 29 | It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’ |
| 30 | Young Alsace Riesling can be somewhat rapier-like in its directness , but as it matures it becomes more honeyed , better rounded and altogether fuller in flavour . |