Example sentences of "as i had [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As I had a twelfth-hand Hillman Imp at the time I drove him down to his place in South London . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We were to fly across , which suited me , as I had a morbid fear of being torpedoed at sea . |
| 5 | I know , as I had a strict upbringing . |
| 6 | As long as I had a sympathetic host , of course . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | So , instead of leaving it idle , I sold the machine and donated the money to a charity for the disabled , as I had a mentally disabled sister who died when I was 13 . |
| 9 | Anchovy-paste sandwiches , scones and Dundee cake seemed to me an ample repast , particularly as I had a nervous , irrational distaste for eating the food of Syl 's mother in her house . |
| 10 | In military terms , I was called a runner , and as I had no bicycle at that time , running was literally what I did ! |
| 11 | She provided exactly the kind of professional expertise we required , particularly as I had no training in linguistics . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | My baby had to remain at the nursing home , as I had no one to look after him , and he was not admitted into hospital because of whooping-cough in the nursery there . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I knew that , as I had no intention of taking my eyes off it . |
| 19 | We both started to laugh as I had the last few words on the subject . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Our leader was soon grunting in a semi layback posture , and as I had the appropriate page open , I could not resist reading out loud : ‘ … |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | As soon as I had the door closed and my jacket off I found a road atlas and turned to the Cambridge area . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , anyway … the last thing I wanted to do was to get involved in a fight — especially as I had the children with me . |