Example sentences of "as [pron] had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were to fly across , which suited me , as I had a morbid fear of being torpedoed at sea . |
| 2 | As long as I had a sympathetic host , of course . |
| 3 | I know , as I had a strict upbringing . |
| 4 | As I had a twelfth-hand Hillman Imp at the time I drove him down to his place in South London . |
| 5 | My mother was a delicate creature and a cripple who had to wear a large , specially made boot as she had a shortened leg . |
| 6 | When William had gone , she thought of all the things she had planned to do as soon as she had a little time to herself . |
| 7 | She was probably raped first as she had a horrible wound in the abdomen , undoubtedly caused by a grenade , as if to make an examination impossible . |
| 8 | Well , not entirely , as she had a little girl of eighteen months old and her husband was missing reported killed in a bombing raid over Germany . |
| 9 | She found this very difficult to keep to , as she had a sweet tooth and loved cakes . |
| 10 | And whilst we had no opportunities last year for canvassing or erm for getting members we we could have I I felt er put on more fund-raising events as we had a quiet year and we could have probably at the same time persuaded one or two people to actually join us . |
| 11 | The children themselves were not present at the Hearing , as they had a legal obligation to be . |
| 12 | The Bike Sub-Committee was still being urged to proceed , yet a month later the subject was adjourned , only to be urged on again the month following — ‘ so long as it had a corrugated iron roof ’ , presumably a financial stringency to keep the cost down to £15 . |
| 13 | The leisure and recreation convener , Charles Farquhar , said it gave the council no pleasure to raise the charges , as it had a high regard for the people who ran the teams . |
| 14 | As he had a full-time job , he had to push an exceptional amount of training into one session . |
| 15 | His taste in films , plays , books and music was far more decided than her own , though she would not admit that it was superior : she thought that , given time , she could outdo him , but as he had a good start on her in time , she was glad to listen to him . |
| 16 | Whenever he thought of that first blind delicious sensation , as he had a hundred times that morning , he had to close his eyes . |
| 17 | Here he found Frank a great help as he had a fair knowledge of native North American trees and shrubs which , when checked with the big books , sounded as though they 'd do well in the peaty soil of Eire . |
| 18 | Though unable to sally out to sample the night life , Stirling was not alone , as he had a constant stream of visitors with whom he discussed his ideas , including Jock Lewes who came to see him before departing for Tobruk . |
| 19 | Even leading up to the filming , there were doubts about Adrian Maguire riding Cool Ground as he had a previous tie to Omerta . |
| 20 | It is surprising that he attended Hall 's conclave as he had a well-known dislike of competitions , but it is less surprising that he was selected to be a judge in view of his connections with two of the other judges and the probability that he would not wish to enter the competition himself . |