Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] for as [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In terms of giving teachers more chances to learn and to develop it comes down to releasing them for as long as they can with some financial help , some doubling-up of teaching and a well-organized use of locally managed funds . |
| 2 | The femininity of Woman with its emphasis on the role of wife and mother , is vastly different from that of Cosmopolitan , where the feminine woman is encouraged to be adventurous in catching the most sexually desirable man , retaining him for as long as he is interesting , and getting a super job into the bargain . |
| 3 | ‘ But after knowing you for as long as I have — ’ |
| 4 | Knowing him for as long as I have done must have worked in my favour . ’ |
| 5 | Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition — Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember . |
| 6 | 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 . |