Example sentences of "but as [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And by the time we came out we were all a little bit tiddly , and as you know , Fred does n't dance any more , but as we walked up the street to the car , he started to tap dance . |
| 2 | But as we prepared for the day in the early dawn , with the birds tuning up outside our African ‘ rondavel ’ hut , we both felt impelled to reach the tough core of the Right-wing settlers , Smith 's Rhodesia Front . |
| 3 | The City streets were fairly quiet of course , but as we passed into the suburbs we found ourselves in the midst of the Saturday morning shopping rush . |
| 4 | By itself this association between earnings and company size is not unique to Japan , but as we saw in the last chapter the number of workers affected is greater . |
| 5 | I tried to keep my eyes off his muscular thighs in their tight blue jeans , but as we bent over the café table it was easy to cast occasional surreptitious glances at his powerfully outlined sexual equipment under the much-rubbed fly , which seemed to be almost bursting at the seams . |
| 6 | But as we move into the gentler , more thoughtful 1990s , Britain 's big retailers — and the people who invest money in them — should bear three things in mind . |
| 7 | But as we stumbled down the other side of the hill , and into the dark , dingy pub where we ate our sandwich lunch , the exaltation of that moment passed . |
| 8 | But as they processed into the Quire of the royal chapel in June 1988 the ancient families were in a minority . |
| 9 | But as they continued down the hill to Dingle and along the road that curved round the harbour to Ballingolin , she was even more bewildered to hear him reciting family history to her — history she had taken in with her mother 's milk and knew by heart . |
| 10 | ( They try ‘ West End Girls ’ but as they get to the line about The Finland Station , Wayne somersaults over the keyboard , does that crap dance that vaudevillians do where they move their hands across their knees , makes a shadow puppet of a seagull in the beam of one of the lasers , does the hitch-hike from Saturday Night Fever , and gobs on Derek Jarman . |
| 11 | But as they walked to the taxi rank he said : ‘ Could you get into Bath in the week ? |
| 12 | But as they walked into the dining room , which can accommodate up to 450 guests , their eyes could not have failed to take in the splendour of it all . |
| 13 | But as they walked towards the car park , buttoning up their coats against the frost , footsteps came up quickly behind and Pascoe joined them . |
| 14 | But as they swung along the road towards the BMW , his interest quickened . |
| 15 | But as they came into the finish it was the seven to four favourite , , running home to victory . |
| 16 | But as they came around the corner to the front of the house , they heard a familiar reedy voice hail them and , turning , found themselves confronted by Miss Merchiston herself , her pale eyes going from one to the other with the air of one who had known how it would be . |
| 17 | But as they hesitate outside the door marked Geo . |
| 18 | But as they descended to the next deck , then to the one below , the reason became obvious . |
| 19 | But as they sank to the floor , naturally , Jay sensed a tension in Lucy . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The aim of the course is to provide advice and information but as I said at the beginning to get you talking about it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I wanted to find someone to help Mrs Hobbs but as I went to the desk , she was already being carried through the door . |
| 25 | After this , I felt a little refreshed but as I came over the hill towards Lochinver , my legs rebelled . |
| 26 | But as I listened to the stories of these prisoners it was difficult not to be overwhelmed with feelings of hate and revenge . |
| 27 | But as I hinted at the start , sound per se can not be ignored . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But as I ploughed through the trough in the snow , a lone figure came weaving drunkenly towards me . |