Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] [conj] i can " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That could happen but I sha n't leave her alone for any longer than I can help . |
| 2 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
| 3 | In the years we have been going to the Arctic ( at least one summer and one winter trip now for as long as I can remember ) , we have acquired odd niggles . |
| 4 | Its American equivalent , the New Yorker , has been read for its advertisements in this country for as long as I can remember . |
| 5 | The black tarred roof had been ‘ like that for as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 6 | I have certainly been screaming with loneliness for as long as I can remember . |
| 7 | As for Uncle , he had suffered from rheumatism for as long as I can remember , so , all-in-all , we always had more work than we could really cope with . |
| 8 | I have still got two quilts that she made , which have been in use for as long as I can recall . |
| 9 | He put his hand over the flame of the lamp and said to Stricker : ‘ Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame . ’ |
| 10 | She will continue as long as possible playing doubles , saying : ‘ I 'll hang in there for as long as I can . ’ |
| 11 | Baffled Lilly , from Anfield , Liverpool , added : ‘ I 've been like this for as long as I can remember . |
| 12 | They 've been yo-yoing between the First and Second Divisions for as long as I can remember — at the time of writing , they 're well on their way to the Premier League . |
| 13 | For as long as I can remember , I have been fascinated by the U.S.A. From childhood dreams of big cars , space rockets , Pacific coast and cowboys , America seemed to have it all . |
| 14 | I 've wanted him for as long as I can remember . " |
| 15 | ‘ I never went to any formal acting school — in fact , I 've probably just been very , very lucky getting all the parts I have — though for as long as I can remember all I ever wanted to be was an actress , and to be in the Theatre . ’ |
| 16 | I mean , Chrissie , are you allowed to have a wedding ceremony tha tha which says erm I 'll love you for as long as I can possibly manage ? |
| 17 | Scully and Sons have had the job for as long as I can remember , not because they are any good but because they are ruddy cheap . |
| 18 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 19 | Well , as you know , she did n't have a sweet tooth , not her , but I — They were sent to her twice a year for as long as I can remember . |
| 20 | Vango have been making strong , well constructed tents for as long as I can remember and the Odyssey 200 dome tent certainly lives up to Vango 's good name . |
| 21 | During the Christmas and Easter holidays for as long as I can remember , I 've been going to assorted relatives and friends , but in the long , summer months I 've always gone home . |
| 22 | This may well be a little rose-tinted , but that weighty , bulldog-clip-round-the-nose sensation appears to have been with me , and indeed to have shaped — not only me , but my nose — not only my nose , but my personality — for as long as I can recall . |
| 23 | For as long as I can remember I have done and been interested in music . |
| 24 | This has been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember because during the week , everyone in my family has a main meal in the evening and sandwiches at lunchtime . |
| 25 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've waited sixteen years to hear from my father and they can wait for as long as I can drag this thing out . |
| 27 | I hold him with me for as long as I can before my leg goes dead . |
| 28 | That 's been the rule about sub-committee chairmen for as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 29 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
| 30 | I have shopped here for as long as I can remember . |