Example sentences of "but [pron] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But nothing quite as … sensational as that . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Beeson expostulated , astonishing not only Hilary , but everyone else as well . |
| 3 | I do n't think I scare easily , but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend . |
| 4 | But I sure as hell hope that the BBC chairman Marmaduke Hussey is going to tell us , ’ he proclaims . |
| 5 | You may have been expecting me , but I sure as hell was n't expecting you ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't stop you leaving , true , ’ he agreed furiously , ‘ But I sure as hell can stop you getting work in your present occupation ! ’ |
| 7 | But something else as well . |
| 8 | ‘ We can stop a boat at sea , but we sure as hell ca n't put a foot on dry land without Bahamian permission . |
| 9 | We didn' find him , but we sure as hell found where he 'd bin . |
| 10 | They can do what they believe they can do but they sure as hell can not do what their manager believes they can not do . |