Example sentences of "but as it [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It suggests nothing of the sort but as it happens you are partly right . |
| 2 | They were lies , but as it happens I had met him before . |
| 3 | It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’ |
| 4 | The yacht will hold its speed well , but as it slows you will have to head higher to regain speed . |
| 5 | They had to pass the restaurant in order to reach the right road ; but as it happened nobody even looked at them . |
| 6 | One did not have to attend school meals with the boys over the week-end if one was off duty ; and the only master who might have noticed I had been away was Méli himself , but as it happened he 'd been in Athens . |
| 7 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There is truth in this proposition ; but as it stands it is vague and ambiguous . |
| 10 | But as it grows it will look deep into its hardback licences , and I fear some ugly clawback scenes arising as they did with Mandarin . |
| 11 | At first it was a long , gentle kiss , but as it deepened it caused Lucy 's heart to thump and her breath to quicken . |
| 12 | Gently at first , but as it aroused her he opened his mouth to take in the full upward curve of her left breast . |