Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] as [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Do what you like so long as you do n't get caught . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |