Example sentences of "but as he [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The client is not voluntarily engaging in these proceedings but as he strongly denies the charges he has no option but to defend himself . |
| 2 | Henry Vizetelly remarks ( A History of Champagne , 1887 ) that the soil of Aÿ ‘ lends a flavour of peaches ’ , but as he also records that an anonymous document , entitled ‘ Mémoire sur la Manière de cultiver la Vigne et de fair le Vin en Champagne ’ , dated 1718 , reveals that the secret of Dom Pérignon was to add four or five stoned peaches to a piece of wine , the source of such an exotic flavour must be questioned . |
| 3 | She had thought he was asleep , realising that he was n't only when she felt him tense under the light touch of her fingers , but as he neither moved away nor said a word , she let them remain there , resting lightly against him , the contact lax and undemanding . |
| 4 | I 've got a client who races stock cars , but as he only does it three or four times a year , they do n't actually charge him any extra at all . |
| 5 | His touch was as she remembered it , warm and gentle , but as he gently returned her foot to the ground she again felt shy — absurdly and ridiculously shy , when she could never remember being so taken by shyness before — and she just had to look away from him while she collected herself . |