Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | You should know as well as I do the public can be a very difficult master ! ’ |
| 4 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 5 | It does not really matter so long as we accept both points of view . |
| 6 | She 's just come out of Saint Mary 's did n't do as well as she thought , or everybody else hoped she would do in her A levels , so is now retaking one . |
| 7 | " I am not sure I could do as well as you say in politics . |
| 8 | For several months the Hong Kong Sevens waited , hoping that the country 's two rugby bodies would unite as quickly as they had in some other sports — most notably cricket . |
| 9 | Manager Alan Lockwood was forced to bring in a number of young faces and he could only look on agonisingly as they struggled against more experienced golfers in gusting winds . |
| 10 | It is likely that a structure which was appropriate to an organisation at a particular stage in its development will become less so as it matures . |
| 11 | He 'd run away repeatedly as he 'd got older , never with anywhere to go but just anxious to be free of the confining walls and restrictive atmosphere . |
| 12 | It does not necessarily work as quickly as it did in Sylvia 's case — but it always succeeds , provided the patient does his or her homework regularly and conscientiously . |
| 13 | If Lindsay had notes — well tough — it 's because he does n't believe as readily as I do what people say to me . |
| 14 | He could see quite clearly as he climbed the hill out of the village . |
| 15 | This will build up obviously as we go through the course . |
| 16 | I think the rule should be you should move on soon as you win one , I think . |
| 17 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 18 | Without the work of these dedicated men and women the Church could not progress as rapidly as it does . |
| 19 | She 'd never seen anyone move as fast as he did when he put poor old Dan Pearson on his back . |
| 20 | Elinor was sometimes at a loss for the right word , or name , and then became impatient with herself ; she was often frustrated because she could n't move as swiftly as she did before . |
| 21 | But to be told that he could not make it was to be told that this gift could disappear as unpredictably as it had arrived . |
| 22 | Otherwise , what we 've built here could disappear as quickly as it came . ’ |
| 23 | The rains may disappear as suddenly as they arrived ; the pond may dry out within a few days , and so the whole cycle of breeding activity must be completed in the shortest possible time . |
| 24 | Let them hate so long as they fear . |
| 25 | Whether it should happen as often as it does is open to doubt . |
| 26 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 27 | It do n't take as long as they say . ’ |
| 28 | It 's gon na take as long as I thought cos I have to format it and install it . |
| 29 | First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar . |
| 30 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |