Example sentences of "but as she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A quick glance showed that towels were needed , so she went to the linen cupboard and collected two large fluffy ones , but as she returned to the room the sound of Doreen 's plaintive voice caused her to pause . |
| 2 | But as she returned to her room and closed the door , she silently thanked him that , when rather than encroach on his privacy she might have kept to her room , he had on their arrival thought to invite her to share his sitting-room for half an hour . |
| 3 | But as she administered to my addled wits I felt a surge of rebellion . |
| 4 | Perhaps nothing , but as she waited for money which did n't seem to be coming , it was fairly certain the crash was going to mean something . |
| 5 | But as she waited an obstinately persistent sound filled her head , drove itself from ear to ear , settled over her eyes and seeped through to fill the whole arena of her cranium . |
| 6 | The sharpness of the contrast had not struck Breeze before , but as she walked down to Overclyst village she pondered over it . |
| 7 | But as she walked from the archway which linked the beach and the harbour , she saw Merlyn and Benedict Joseph driving away . |
| 8 | But as she walked quickly through the enormous building she began to have doubts . |
| 9 | But as she walked from the witness box towards the courtroom door , passing within feet of the dock , Mrs Dart staged her outburst . |
| 10 | But as she walked from the witness box towards the courtroom door , passing within feet of the dock , Mrs Dart staged her outburst . |
| 11 | But as she stepped into the hall she knew something was wrong . |
| 12 | But as she responded to the audience 's affectionate plaudits with both Mimi 's and Violetta 's farewells it was the natural sweetness and dramatic presence of this fine artist that carried the day . |
| 13 | But as she sang , the voice seemed to lift itself out of the setting , out of the plot , and become a performance in itself . |
| 14 | But as she seized it in her hand , before her horrified eyes the dried petals fell away and fluttered to the floor , scattering like confetti at her feet . |
| 15 | It was only the second time she had taken part and this race , taking less than ten minutes , had been a particularly fast one , but as she said , it was a family tradition to take part in it and she had really enjoyed it . |
| 16 | But as she said she she just had to she could n't stay in bed when she had kids running all over the place . |
| 17 | but as she said you if you make twenty arrangements and you sell half of them you just about break even with the flowers you 've bought to do them . |
| 18 | She is not very enthusiastic about the light rail proposals , but er she sees the park and ride as an excellent idea , but as she said , it 's not exactly inviting to leave your car in er a car park which is not necessarily big enough , which has n't got a proper surface , is n't properly lit , is n't supervised , has great big notices up that say there are thieves about , and where the bus service stops at half past six . |
| 19 | But as she straightened , armed , the nervous snake abandoned its prey and slithered away into the shadows under a fig tree . |
| 20 | But as she lay there , demons slid possible visions of the future into her mind . |
| 21 | She made him feel frightened , but as she lay down , eyes closed , on her side and facing him , something else in her , some frail , scavenging eroticism made him shake with desire . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This remark she delivered with the immense complacency of the wise virgin ; Clara could not help but feel that having men in only when things went wrong was not as wildly eccentric as her mother supposed , but as she knew no other way , no other world , she could not be sure . |
| 24 | There was a dark look in his eyes as he continued to look down at her , but as she proceeded to wriggle away from him he made no move to stop her . |
| 25 | There were too many shadows between that time and this , but as she listened it was n't her past that came back to her , it was his . |
| 26 | But as she saw the man out Folly felt her mood unaccountably dampened . |
| 27 | But as she left the room she had to make an effort not to hurry with excitement down the stairs . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Jay never went to conferences , but as she accepted a lift with Lucy , he smiled with open pleasure . |
| 30 | She could only have driven about a mile , she estimated , but as she trudged back along the road it seemed like a marathon trek . |