Example sentences of "but as [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This pattern had never been noticed before , but as soon as researchers started looking for it , several case studies of what is now known as phonological dyslexia were reported in rapid succession in the early 1980s . |
| 2 | If the right foot remains there for several bars , the arms will be held still , but as soon as the left moves in front the arms will change . |
| 3 | But as soon as Blanco had dummied past a static defence Lions countered with their second try , in first-half injury time . |
| 4 | If the parties were drug-free they would be fine , but as soon as you go in you get offered drugs . ’ |
| 5 | You stand against everything I tell her , obstinately and in her hearing , you give me no support , but as soon as it 's convenient to you , you pack her off back downstairs . ’ |
| 6 | Alone , the two girls were playful as they went about their tasks , mischievous at times , even carefully boisterous ; but as soon as their father came in they would sink into a beseeching drabness , cower as close to being invisible as they could . |
| 7 | All I want is some friends , but as soon as I get some real good friends they go off and leave me . |
| 8 | ‘ The other day he seemed perfectly sound and was tried out , but as soon as he headed the ball he was in pain again . |
| 9 | ‘ The other day he seemed perfectly sound and was tried out , but as soon as he headed the ball he was in pain again . |
| 10 | But as soon as Nate heard about the latest strike , that was it . |
| 11 | But as soon as she walked in to see Keith he had faced her with a heap of newspaper and snippets of video-recordings . |
| 12 | But as soon as I get into bed and shut my eyes , this racket starts up . |
| 13 | But as soon as she saw the tooth , she lost interest . |
| 14 | But as soon as we had found our voice again , we were once more interrupted by visits from Berlin . |
| 15 | Even the most mild-mannered and good-natured mare is likely to approach her dinner bucket with her ears flat on her head , but as soon as she has buried her nose in the oats , she relaxes . |
| 16 | In London an increasing amount of space is being mothballed but as soon as there is demand it will be opened up again . |
| 17 | It was one he could easily have missed but as soon as it went in , any nerves were dispelled . |
| 18 | Throughout the General Election campaign , trade union leaders were invisible , but as soon as Mr Kinnock resigned as leader , they filled the television screens , explaining why they were going to put Mr John Smith in . |
| 19 | Two of his daughters lived ‘ in sin ’ without any comment from their father , but as soon as Louis the Pious inherited the crown , he banished these sisters to appease the Church and his own sensitive conscience . |
| 20 | Chancellor Kohl once tartly remarked , ‘ When you talk to them [ the French ] about economics , they scowl , but as soon as you start talking about their nuclear capability , their faces light up . ’ |
| 21 | David Beaton poulticed it every time he could get the old man to stay at peace long enough , but as soon as it started to heal Eachuinn would be up and about , restless , until the deep puncture festered and broke out again . |
| 22 | I have heard several organisations talking about the magic million , but as soon as you probe deeper , you soon discover that they do n't have the expertise or the infrastructure to collect anything like this sum . |
| 23 | But as soon as the name has merged with the object it designates , we must , conversely , resort to metaphor , allusion or allegory if we wish a more expressive term . |
| 24 | For a moment I sensed his eye staring at me through the hole in the door but as soon as I looked at it the lens flashed and the cover on the other side swung quickly to rest . |
| 25 | But as soon as we are tired of them and we have discharged our duties to society each day , we can say to ourselves : ‘ All those things are of the mundane , but I am of the transcendent , and therefore far above them . ’ |
| 26 | But as soon as we have to commit this question to paper we discover ( or we certainly should discover ) that this is a difficult question to ask with absolute clarity . |
| 27 | If you earn less than this , you do not pay contributions at all ; but as soon as you earn more , you pay contributions on all your earnings . |
| 28 | But as soon as the animal sits down , a photoelectric cell switches on the air stream , so stopping the pig from getting cold . |
| 29 | But as soon as they come to rest the wings close and the animals become completely cryptic again . |
| 30 | Neither team were able to score again , but as soon as extra time began , Millers went ahead . |