Example sentences of "but as i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a young schoolgirl I had always wanted to do something different and to work out of doors , but as I progressed along the educational road these objectives had somehow receded to be overtaken by the more accepted priorities of passing exams and going to university . |
| 2 | But as I said to her — I said , God will provide . ’ |
| 3 | well and good a unit linked policy but as I said to you before that if they , if the market crashes the day before your policy is due out you |
| 4 | And then he said I 'm always here and I do n't know whether he 's supposed to come down or what it is but as I said to him it 's a load of codswallop . |
| 5 | The aim of the course is to provide advice and information but as I said at the beginning to get you talking about it . |
| 6 | erm disappointed , but as I said at the beginning it was almost inevitable , erm with the results of the Westgate by-election , which were very disappointing . |
| 7 | But as I said in a speech recently , we have a lot further to go , more progress to make and that is very much at the top of my agenda of , the agenda of my right honourable friend the education minister . |
| 8 | But as I said before probably it 's the white hair that er that does it . |
| 9 | But as I walked across the jarred and cratered road and sensed the usual quickenings of irony and aggression I also sensed something further — I sensed that my weight , my mass , my meat was being appraised , registered , scaled , not with lust , no , but with a carnal speculation I had never felt before . |
| 10 | But as I looked into her lovely face , I knew I could not live with the lie . |
| 11 | I wanted to find someone to help Mrs Hobbs but as I went to the desk , she was already being carried through the door . |
| 12 | After this , I felt a little refreshed but as I came over the hill towards Lochinver , my legs rebelled . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ They were shooting in all directions but as I drove towards them on my tractor they started to run . |
| 14 | Many of them died , but as I left in September , there was a tangible improvement in the condition of those remaining . |
| 15 | But as I discovered on a one-day introductory course , enjoyment is also a priority . |
| 16 | I hear , I , I , I think there is a tendency with the County Council but as I discovered as Chairman of Highways that members want to take a greater interest and to have a greater say on the items on the agenda now planning is is not a controversial as , as say highway items , but nevertheless I think there will be times and there will be agendas which will require a great deal of discussion on the individual items and I 'm also a great believer bearing in mind comments if it ai n't broke , do n't bend it . |
| 17 | But as I indicated in Chapter 1 , and is apparent from subsequent discussion , such a definition represents teaching as essentially a research activity . |
| 18 | But as I turn for home through the valley meadows , with rooks massing above the woods on either side , I begin to strike lucky . |
| 19 | Elegance was not a concept I associated with myself , nor with nuns , but as I thought about it I realised that Lili was right . |
| 20 | But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge . |
| 21 | But as I hinted at the start , sound per se can not be ignored . |
| 22 | But as I say as paying the er r I , I 've seen them when I 'm going round the site er I got an option from the firm , I 'd be allowed time off my work , my actual work on the , on the , on the site , to go round and collect their unions dues . |
| 23 | She did n't shake hands — it would have been difficult for her , anyway , sitting in the car — but as I pondered on the word ‘ princess ’ and bowed slightly , she said , ‘ So you are Doctor Masters ? |
| 24 | But as I suggested in the last part of Chapter 2 , this difference is not of any great practical significance : whether deviant motivations are taken as given because they express free will ( classical theory ) or because it is not deemed fruitful to attempt their explanation ( control theory ) does not , in itself ; have any practical implications for the subsequent criminological enterprise . |
| 25 | A second dominant trend in the twentieth century is the gradual extension of democracy , but as I showed in Chapter 1 this was a slow and halting process in the interwar years , with democracy being suppressed in several European countries , by fascist regimes , the Stalinist dictatorship and the dictatorships in Portugal and Spain , while in the colonial territories it either did not exist at all , or in a few cases only in rudimentary forms . |
| 26 | It 's purely a matter of personal preference , but as I sat on my bed that day , stroking Dawn , I knew that she was the one . |
| 27 | But as I sat with my legs dangling over the edge , looking out on to the quiet water meadow , the anarchy of Delhi seemed far away and I began to see why in all the most sensible cultures , Paradise was envisaged as a walled pleasure garden . |
| 28 | But as I ploughed through the trough in the snow , a lone figure came weaving drunkenly towards me . |