Example sentences of "as [pers pn] have a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | I 'm afraid I ca n't subscribe to the theory that man should always be ‘ bloody , bold and resolute ’ ; but rather , I confess , that it 's very comforting to lean on you sometimes … more especially as I 've a funny instinct that if I follow your ways I ca n't go wrong , whereas my own existence is apt to be hardening , as you can see that it must be . |
| 6 | He was quite capable of building a locomotive as I have a working steam model threshing engine , on about the same scale , that also came from the old office . ’ |
| 7 | I found your motherboard upgrade article most interesting as I have been thinking of upgrading my XT , but I had not bargained for changing the keyboard as I have a 102 key board ( no XT/AT switch ) . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't , perhaps , take a 10-year view , but you can — as long as you have a decent strategy , and explain it — take a two or three-year view . |
| 9 | A steep slab at right angles to the viewing balcony gives several routes at about VS and is a poseur 's paradise as you have a continuous battery of video cameras pointing at you . |
| 10 | My mother was a delicate creature and a cripple who had to wear a large , specially made boot as she had a shortened leg . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She found this very difficult to keep to , as she had a sweet tooth and loved cakes . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ It is unlikely that the business could be self-supporting as we have a higher level of direct and indirect supervision for our employees . |
| 17 | ‘ We often have famous people in here as we have a good location , ’ says the store manager of the recently opened Kings Road branch . |
| 18 | LDP were not unhappy with this arrangement as we have a good track record with dividend payments and they believe , as we all do , that the Stoddard group is well placed to prosper in the years ahead , which should me that the share price will rise . |
| 19 | The children themselves were not present at the Hearing , as they had a legal obligation to be . |
| 20 | Also chlorine liberating agents should be avoided as they have a similar effect . |
| 21 | If you find a trapped badger do n't attempt to handle it as they have a vicious bite . |
| 22 | ‘ The seating on older buses is replaced to make it comfortable and the buses are easier for people to get on and off as they have a lower floor . ’ |
| 23 | The consequences of an inflexible retirement age fell particularly hard on women as they have a lower pension age . |
| 24 | This is illegal as they have a lower speed rating than the vehicle requires . |
| 25 | On Series 11 this is easily done as they have a separate filler and level plug . |
| 26 | Anyone can enter as long as they have a proper act to perform and the ability to pull a crowd … whatever the weather . |
| 27 | In this respect , the ancient farming systems of some areas of China are of especial interest as they have a high degree of self-sustainability and yet are able to support high densities of human population . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It interprets commands inserted at the beginning of document ( such as : AT FAX0716083283 ) before it interprets the ‘ Dear John ’ bit , so you can send faxes from any program on any PC , as long as it has a serial port . |