Example sentences of "as [pron] had [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We spotted our first reindeer lying down in a hollow by the roadside some distance ahead and , as I had a telephoto lens on the camera , the others encouraged me to have a go at stalking it . |
| 2 | They 'll say I took advantage of a widow 's grief to marry her for her money , then cold-bloodedly ditched her as soon as I had a chance . |
| 3 | I parked the jeep under a tree and then , looking at my watch , I decided that as I had a couple of hours to spare I would take a walk across to the other bridge where I had noticed a café on our first day into Normandy . |
| 4 | I rang Haines to tell him of that fact and there was nothing else I could do as I had no notion of where in the Bahamas Max might be . |
| 5 | I confess that I was completely hooked on Lincoln 's work , but like most other people I could not agree with his conclusions or refute them as I had no knowledge of Rennes-le-Chateau , its area or history . |
| 6 | In military terms , I was called a runner , and as I had no bicycle at that time , running was literally what I did ! |
| 7 | I persuaded them both to come out of the room the same way , as I had no key to the door , and took Heathcliff down into the warm servants ' kitchen with me , while Catherine returned to her guests and the dancing . |
| 8 | He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep . |
| 9 | I knew that , as I had no intention of taking my eyes off it . |
| 10 | As I had no access to the Swansea accounts during that time , it was clear I could n't have embezzled anything from the company . |
| 11 | She provided exactly the kind of professional expertise we required , particularly as I had no training in linguistics . |
| 12 | But as soon as I had the door shut I began to ransack the flat for the sheet music I keep for special occasions such as Christmas , bar mitzvahs , weddings and so on . |
| 13 | As soon as I had the door closed and my jacket off I found a road atlas and turned to the Cambridge area . |
| 14 | As soon as I had the diet ready for issue at the classes , Pat was first on my mental list of people who I hoped would particularly benefit . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , anyway … the last thing I wanted to do was to get involved in a fight — especially as I had the children with me . |
| 16 | I pulled the short straw and could not drink as I had the job of getting everyone up in the morning and doing the first two hours driving . |
| 17 | Mark them down with your knife down the back down here , you know , right down so as you had a mark . |
| 18 | As soon as you had a break in your ploughing you 'd walk along the headlings to have a look at your neighbour 's work , to see where he had gone wrong , or if his ploughing was better than yours . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , as you had a hand in it it 's only fair that you should enjoy it . ’ |
| 20 | This was only natural as she had a reputation for secrecy . |
| 21 | She finished her supper of pork and sauerkraut then , as she had a coffee , Herr Nordern joined her and the family and had coffee himself . |
| 22 | She is ranked sufficiently highly to have gone straight into the main draw , but made it clear that the Games were inconvenient for her schedule this years , as she had a lot of points to defend in tournaments . |
| 23 | As she had no mask , she was no doubt a hand-maid-cum-companion to the cheerful bundle . |
| 24 | He handed her a blanket as she had no shawl and made sure it covered her head to keep out the cold . |
| 25 | You know , as she had no family or friends , he was kind enough to pay for her to go to school , and found her a job here with your uncle . |
| 26 | And as she had no desire to house-hunt herself , she left the choice to her family in England . |
| 27 | As she had no brothers , her father 's estate was entailed on a cousin . |
| 28 | She would have been some forty minutes late , and as she had no intention of ringing home to leave a message , Parr would be in a quandary . |
| 29 | She touched his shoulder as she had the day before . |
| 30 | There she could call for any food or liquor she wanted , so long as she had the wherewithal to pay the inflated prices demanded by the Sponging House keeper . |