Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] as [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way everyone born after that particular time would have their sins forgiven so long as they believed in Jesus . |
| 2 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 3 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 4 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 5 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 7 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 8 | Journalists do not mind being reminded so long as they do not think you are pressing them to write something they can not be sure will be published . |
| 9 | It was all happening comfortably just as she wished . |
| 10 | His was a hectic life , becoming more so as it went on . |
| 11 | However , as Ketamine lacks the euphoric and social properties that led o the widespread use of MDMA , the drug is likely to disappear as suddenly as it seems to have emerged . |
| 12 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 13 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 14 | Karl stopped laughing as suddenly as he had begun , his face grave and concerned and kindly . |
| 15 | If I had left it on the night flying path I would have had a serious rocket which I would not have forgotten as easily as I had forgotten the first one — from the wing commander flying . |
| 16 | It had been forgotten as quickly as it had begun . |
| 17 | Quite stiff for the grade , with several moves that leave you wondering if you are climbing as well as you thought ! |
| 18 | ‘ But somebody who cares as much as you do , you 'd want to know . ’ |
| 19 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 20 | The latter had vanished as punctually as he had appeared . |
| 21 | The expression of good-humoured contempt had vanished as quickly as it had appeared , and suddenly Rostov realised that he had missed an opportunity to relax the tension which existed between them . |
| 22 | With the October 1987 stockmarket crash and , now , a British recession , these revenues have vanished as capriciously as they arrived . |
| 23 | Dandelion swam as well as he ran , swiftly and easily . |
| 24 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 25 | He was really playing great tennis , ’ McEnroe conceded , ‘ I did n't realise he moved as well as he did . |
| 26 | Hardly able to see a hand in front of her , but refusing to be daunted , Luce moved as fast as she dared down an alley-way little more than a metre wide . |
| 27 | Somehow she could never hear disembodied footsteps on the stairs without wondering fleetingly if it might be Mark returning as unexpectedly as he had left . |
| 28 | He stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 29 | He broke off , repeated a passage , and then stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 30 | He stopped as abruptly as she had done . |