Example sentences of "but as [pers pn] be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , I ca n't pretend that this evening can compete with the delights of your date last night , but as it 's our last evening here you should make the most of it — without the continental touch . ’ |
| 2 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 3 | But as it is I feel before the world as Sidney before Stella ( Sonnet L ) |
| 4 | It would be otherwise if I had my husband with me and my first-born but as it is I feel neither one thing or the other . |
| 5 | But as it is I do n't find him remotely attractive ! ’ |
| 6 | Were he among familiars it might help him but as it is he can not place himself here and it is pitiful to see how lost he is . |
| 7 | She would have had great difficulty establishing herself , but as it is she has sold her pottery successfully through shows and through galleries . |
| 8 | We hope you find the current issue still of interest and we plan to keep up the good work during the coming year seeking out happenings/events/ stories to retell for you , but as it is your newspaper do contact us with your own ideas and suggestions at any time . |
| 9 | Then Baldwin saw him again and told hint that were it not for his age and his health ( neither of which had greatly changed in the preceding forty-eight hours ) , he would have offered him the vacancy , but as it was it had better go to Eden . |
| 10 | I had rather a dread of this post 's conveyance for it was only a spring cart , and I thought I felt myself being bumped , but as it was I enjoyed this nine miles in the post gig better than all the drives I had had . |
| 11 | Maybe if chlorophyll tablets bad been available in those days they might have helped but as it was I had tried everything . |
| 12 | But as it was I travelled only so far down the ramp and stuck there with my head and shoulders protruding into the street . |
| 13 | But as it was I felt it would have been presumptive . |
| 14 | She wished desperately that Ellen were in London that she might send Lizzie to judge how Oreste fared and what he understood , but as it was she had no means of knowing . |
| 15 | If she had been an ordinary teacher , trying to teach an ordinary sedentary subject like history or Latin , she would have been mercilessly flouted and mocked , but as it was she managed to get by . |