Example sentences of "but as [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have chosen the South Face , for we fear the Normal Route will no longer do for our insatiable appetites , but as we gain the foot of the face the snow worsens desperately and Enrique if obliged to wade through powder to a dubious perch on the lip of the bergschrund . |
| 2 | But as we left the tarmac road and headed up the hill I made a grave error . |
| 3 | But as we talked the matter over , I thought I heard , in the background , a droning unbodied voice explain that the robbers were young , socially deprived victims of the Thatcherite era of greed and exploitation , not to be blamed for acquiring , by unorthodox means , some of the luxury goods they had heard of from capitalist advertisers who had wickedly aroused their consumerist aspirations . |
| 4 | ‘ We left England on a dark cold night , but as we approached the Island the clear lights of towns and villages sparkled like jewels . |
| 5 | But as we approach the age of youth reason appears . |
| 6 | But as they crossed the sand she could see it was true . |
| 7 | Some twins also have a balcony and lake view , but as they overlook the lake road , those seeking tranquil accommodation should book the quieter , though simpler and smaller garden rooms . |
| 8 | In the spaciousness of a large chamber they may make only four or five a second , but as they approach the rock walls and need to know exactly where they are in order not to crash into them , they increase the speed of the clicks until they are emitting as many as twenty a second and the sound becomes , to our ears , an almost continuous rattle . |
| 9 | It was an easy shot , but as I heard the bullet strike he bounded away . |
| 10 | I wondered why , but as I wondered the subject faded , my mind wandered … |
| 11 | But as she perambulated the piazza under the eyes of the card-players and the widows in the shadowy doorways of the houses bordering the conventional route at this hour ! she caught no sight of him . |
| 12 | But as she saw the man out Folly felt her mood unaccountably dampened . |
| 13 | Strong persuasion was required to keep Curran from her evening doubles match but as she left the court to return to her hotel for physiotherapy , England claimed another point by default . |
| 14 | But as she left the room she had to make an effort not to hurry with excitement down the stairs . |
| 15 | But as she raised the mug to her lips her hand shook and , instead of the sip she had intended to take , she ended up gulping and burned her mouth . |
| 16 | It should have been a relief to escape from the train at Holborn but as she crossed the platform and began to mount the stairs a feeling of confusion and disorientation took hold of her . |
| 17 | But as she led the way to her car — Harriet had used up some of her precious reserves of petrol for this expedition — there was something about her daughter 's manner that disturbed her . |
| 18 | She shuddered , and ran like the wind down the stairs to escape , but as she reached the hall the door flew open and Penry burst into the house , his face alight at the sight of her . |
| 19 | But as she reached the door , one hand on the door-handle , suddenly an iron band clamped round her arm . |
| 20 | Ashley swerved towards it , but as she ran the ambulance came to a halt beside a pad where a helicopter waited , a stretcher was ferried aboard and the helicopter rose up into the sky . |
| 21 | She walked forward to investigate , but as she did the object of the little boy 's interest crept out into full view . |
| 22 | Fran wished that it had been further away , wished that she 'd had more time to compose herself and remove all traces of that kiss , but as she opened the door and got out of the car when they stopped in front of the neat little semi she was aware of the throbbing redness of her bruised lips , the faintly dishevelled state of her silvery hair . |
| 23 | It was dark now , the sky a velvet-soft black , but as she watched the moon came out and changed the colour of the sky , caught the glitter of ice and dimmed the stars . |
| 24 | Existing stations must be brought into line with EC standards by December 1995 , but as you know the Computing Sub-Group has recommended to Management that we comply with the legislation as soon as practicable . |
| 25 | But as you hear the laughter , songs and shouts echo off the barren Sahelian hills you ca n't help but feel that Eritrea provides an optimistic boost for those who retain a faith in education . |
| 26 | But as you leave the resort metropolis — once a tiny fishing village — and take the bumpy roads through the sub-tropical jungle , American standards are left far behind and real Mexico tilts a lazy sombrero in your direction . |
| 27 | No book or course of lectures can substitute for experience , but as you learn the vernacular and gain confidence in your practical ability , you can derive both inspiration and a sense of direction through reading the works of wise men . |
| 28 | At first this premise may seem difficult to accept , but as he maps the argument it becomes more and more plausible . |
| 29 | But as he took the field in the second Test against the West Indies , all eyes were on his behaviour . |
| 30 | But as he left the library he heard a shout behind him . |