Example sentences of "as it [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the Sale of Goods Act is good erm as far as it goes but it 's |
| 2 | It was the very same story the time oor Isa sent for the stilettos very much against my advice as it happens but they were supposed to be real made-in-England leather uppers available in three colourways , aubergine , aqua or avocado well , as she said herself she was expecting green but nothing quite as Irish as they turned out in fact to be . |
| 3 | Erm er this o this one is not one single job as it happens but it is the kind of thing that we have come up against before and I 've put them the things together in one so that we do n't identify people really under the circumstances . |
| 4 | Like a chariot , the Pump Wagon causes a great deal of damage as it charges but the effect is even more extreme due to the destructive power of the crunching roller at the front . |
| 5 | The dinner became noisier as it progressed but , because most of the shouted conversation was in Yek , Rostov confined himself to his food . |
| 6 | This is a good argument as it stands but one can well imagine that it would have been pressed in terms of these hopefuls having a right to be paid if they succeeded . |
| 7 | Any program that receives favourable reviews from enough teachers should be considered for — distribution as it stands but on a national basis — production to a professional standard — transferability to other microcomputers — publication by national system — publication by commercial publishers . |