Example sentences of "had [verb] [conj] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had realised as soon as he had employed Michael that he had found himself a kindred spirit . |
| 2 | Maurice , an amiable young man , had realised as soon as he came to the Reach that Richard was always going to do this and that he himself would accordingly be known as Dondeschiepolschuygen IV which was inscribed in gilt lettering on his bows . |
| 3 | The bewitchment , if any , had evaporated as soon as those black eyes had extinguished that first interested glance and substituted it for one of rampant dislike . |
| 4 | Though he got some support from Board members Hilary Wainwright and Vella Pillay of the Bank of China ( who changed his mind and agreed that Sutton had to go as soon as he saw Pilger 's pages ) , there was no real point . |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll have to get a photo of it when it 's finished , ’ Ian Jones said as he finished the meal of fish , salad and chips that Belinda had prepared as soon as she arrived . |
| 6 | Was this what she had felt as soon as she had seen him — a man who would interfere with her life ? |
| 7 | But she had known as soon as she had seen the glazed eye that this was death . |
| 8 | She had known as soon as they had arrived at the lodge that her heart had made the right decision , even though it felt irresponsible and utterly childish to be spending a summer like this , at her age , and after all the work she had done to put the initials MD after her name . |
| 9 | In the new context , these were quite out of keeping with the times , for the poor had to change as well as everyone else . |
| 10 | He had left as soon as he could , leaving Joe to consume half a bottle of whisky whole he raced through the backstreets , slowing to a walk only when he spotted someone approaching . |
| 11 | All the clothes on the line were frozen solid , as the water in them had iced as soon as we had put them out . |
| 12 | He had driven up to collect his superior from the Carabinieri post where he and his rescuers had returned as soon as Zen had recovered enough to assure the sergeant that he did n't need to call an ambulance . |
| 13 | A local man , known throughout his youth to be a steady worker , apprenticed to a mason , had married as soon as he came out of his apprenticeship , a girl from Rydal , nearby , and they had five children . |
| 14 | He had been serving in France when he met her , they had married as soon as the Hun had been finished off , and after the honeymoon it had been back to the colours for him and straight over to Ireland . |