Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He watched her thoughtfully as she ate a biscuit . |
| 2 | Father dismissed all this as typical South American ferment , and believed that all would be well as long as we sang a hymn before breakfast . |
| 3 | Mr Skinner insisted : ‘ There will always be a need for socialism , whether in Britain or anywhere else , so long as there are millionaires living in the lap of luxury and other people living in cardboard boxes , so long as we have a system which allows the poor countries of the world to hand over $50m to the rich . ’ |
| 4 | This is regarded as a Good Thing by Orcs who are universally content with their lot , being ultimately happy to meet their end in battle so long as they get a chance of a good fight . |
| 5 | Ailing animals , so long as they have a solvent owner in two , are our bread and butter . |
| 6 | The agreement recited that John had left all his estate to his executors by his will but that , shortly before his death , he had declared in the presence of several witnesses that he wished his widow to have the cottage for her life or so long as she continued a widow ; and that , though this wish was never put into writing , the executors were convinced that it was his desire and were willing and desirous that it should be put into effect . |
| 7 | Indeed , it is most unlikely that Israel will give up its nuclear capability in the foreseeable future , so long as it foresees a threat to its land from its neighbour . |
| 8 | It is clear then that the DUP will receive the votes of the working-class loyalists so long as it retains an image of being more unionist than the Officials , unless there should be an alternative to the right of the DUP . |
| 9 | NEXT loops execute at integer speed whether or not the control variable is an " integer variable " ( % type ) , so long as it has an integer value . |
| 10 | So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control . |
| 11 | ‘ How you feel is how you feel and how you climax is how you climax , and so long as you let a man know those things , there should n't be a problem , ’ David said . |
| 12 | You can write single line , multi statement functions so long as you have a colon after the definition statement . |
| 13 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 14 | A gentleman of the faculty in the neighbourhood , hearing of the circumstance , and finding it so well authenticated , immediately made him an offer of ten guineas for the dog , which the grateful farmer refused , exultingly adding that so long as he had a bone in his meat , or a crust to his bread , he would divide it with the faithful friend who had preserved his life : arid this he did in a perfect conviction that the warmth of the dog , in covering the most vital part , had continued the circulation arid prevented a total stagnation of the blood by the frigidity of the elements . " |
| 15 | Our art historian pin-up of the month is the Italian Vittorio Sgarbi , specialist in the late fifteenth-century Bolognese artist Antonio di Crevalcore , but happy to give his opinion on anything and anyone , so long as he reaches a public of millions ( as on last month 's cover of L'Espresso magazine ) . |
| 16 | Long as he wears a kilt . |
| 17 | Liverpool get a penalty — ‘ suprise suprise ’ ( especially as they had a pen against them during the week , one of very few no doubt ) . |
| 18 | Albert Rice was knocked down as he left a pub by a police Sierra racing to answer a distress call from two WPCs . |
| 19 | A 34-year-old woman died after being gunned down as she used a phone box . |
| 20 | At Tain the ancient stones in the graveyard above the railway line looked in as I ate an apple bought in Ness in Lewis that had come from Spain . |
| 21 | No if we er do something so as they have a checklist and we can all , you know like me and Jim say , have a copy to say oh right , can we take your name and address , telephone number |
| 22 | So as we get a platform on a level of erm if you like , performance , where we are compared to the Ferraris , the McClarens etc. , and any other ones down the field . |
| 23 | Mark them down with your knife down the back down here , you know , right down so as you had a mark . |
| 24 | A woman click-clacked past , her high heels dragging along as she carried a pile of heavy papers into a side-office . |
| 25 | " There he is , " she whispered excitedly , and pointed out a young man of about João 's age , whose lips moved constantly as he said a rosary . |
| 26 | She drew a shuddering breath , backing away as he made a move towards her . |
| 27 | The realisation that the lift was carrying them upwards instead of down made her heart jump horribly , and it went on fluttering febrilely as she stole a look at Luke , standing so still and confident at her side , and knowing , damn him , that she could n't bring herself to protest or ask questions in front of an audience . |
| 28 | It is not as she thinks a desire to ‘ make the most of it ’ , to somehow claim importance , but rather a recognition that in this oppressive society women need the care and emotional support of other women . |
| 29 | Embarrassment , she thought , was fear but of a very reduced kind , just as they say an itch is pain to a very mild degree . |
| 30 | Rather than expand the PSW to hold such a set of miscellaneous registers , we can replace them by an array of control registers , just as we introduced an array of accumulators . |