Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as i do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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1 | When you were here before I was only a schoolboy and er just er old enough to know everything that was going on , as you might say , but young enough so as I did n't get too involved . |
2 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
3 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
4 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |
5 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
6 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
8 | I got up quite late today as I do not do anything important and it is my one real chance for a lie-in . |