Example sentences of "but as i [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1	Nobody came in , but as I looked round I saw my mother staring past me , her mouth open .
2	We fell asleep almost immediately but as I dropped off I heard Marius pissing over Macier as a Christmas present .
3	But as I whirled round I saw that she had already taken off most of her clothes .
4	The half-hour is up , but as I turn off my tape recorder , Lord Archer shows no signs of wanting to finish .
5	When I ran away I was going to the beach , but as I got near it I recognized someone I was avoiding .
6	I walked from Holborn but as I got close I discovered the attraction of setting foot in there again had faded rather badly . ’
7	exactly , it 's the only way you can do it and I would n't do it any other way , because I do n't bel I do n't , I do n't think it 's fair , if I was using the phone continually I 'd get rather annoyed , I mean that I 'd , they 'd have a right to be annoyed , but as I do n't I think it 's ridiculous so I 'm not hardly surprised at all , so I think it 's stupid as you say , but there you go .
8	I began ‘ Great Expectations ’ with a very negative view towards it but as I read on I began to really enjoy it .
9	And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well .
10	I reached down to pick him up but as I bent down I felt tingling in my feet .

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