Example sentences of "but [adv] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know I should n't have said it but soon as it come out me mouth |
| 2 | The expected train eventually arrived , but just as it approached , one channel of the recorder inexplicably failed , ruining the recording . |
| 3 | But JUSt as it IS proper for me to look back to my wedding day as assurance that I am really married , so it is proper to look back to my baptism as a mark given me by the Holy Spirit that I am really born again in Christ , and to the eucharist as a pledge that I do partake of his life , feed on him , and shall in the last day share his resurrection . |
| 4 | After rehearsals , Sir calls us together And each group performs their play , But just as it comes to our turn The bell goes for the end of the day . |
| 5 | There was no difference between a chick that was totally full of worms and could n't have handled any more worms , but still as it were , behaved as if it was on the point of starvation , and a chick that was really hungry , had in fact , observation shows that , what parents do when they come back with , with the food is , very often they , they probe the throats of the chicks with their beaks , to see which one 's got much most room before they actually put the food in . |
| 6 | The Guinness takeover of Distillers is studied , not just as an example of a keenly contested takeover , but also as it demonstrated what many saw as the unacceptable sides of takeover activity and the City of London . |
| 7 | Paradoxically , his subsequent statements do , in fact , make his conception élitist and authoritarian : Shakespeare and Minder are to be applauded but Dallas , Dynasty and quiz shows are to be decried because they ‘ show a contempt for the audience , nut simply as it is but also as it might be … ’ . |
| 8 | This is both for the purposes of common courtesy but also as it may have an important bearing on the way he discharges his own continuing professional responsibilities . |
| 9 | But even as it is , you get something rather odd . |
| 10 | With a little more attention to the parser it could have been a Sizzler , but even as it stands it 's well worth your dosh so get out there and part with it at once ! |
| 11 | People may tense their bodies in a variety of ways to cope with the threat of strong feelings , but then as it were forget to relax the muscles after the immediate threat has passed . |