Example sentences of "long as i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's gon na take as long as I thought cos I have to format it and install it . |
| 2 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 3 | ROS : Oh no — we 've been spinning coins for as long as I remember . |
| 4 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 5 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 6 | I shall refer briefly to one of the matters touched on by the hon. Gentleman , although I shall not speak on it for as long as I had intended , because the hon. Gentleman made wide-ranging reference to it himself , I congratulate him on that . |
| 7 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 8 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 9 | Just so long as I know . ’ |
| 10 | So long as I get the train . ’ |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 13 | I guaranteed a starting price so long as I got last refusal — he was auctioning the piece . |
| 14 | So long as I shove the washing in the do n't like it in there it 's dingy , unless the sun 's out . |
| 15 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ For as long as I 've had memories and before that too . |
| 17 | So long as I 've got somebody now there 's nobody along here . |
| 18 | You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here . |
| 19 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |
| 20 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't have fancy feelings about where money comes from , so long as I earn it in ways which fit in with my flexible principles . |
| 22 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 23 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 24 | By the end of the afternoon , after a few more pints , he gets involved in a Q&A challenge — he says he 'll answer any question , so long as I keep them coming . |
| 25 | It is a cruel sport at best , but the poor show the matadors and toreadors made by running for the outer rail and escaping over the fence when the enraged bull pursued them was not a creditable sight ; I spent my time , for as long as I stayed , cheering for the bulls . |
| 26 | She left this house to us , and an allowance to Emily so long as she did n't marry , and one to me so long as I stayed with her . |
| 27 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 28 | When you 've lived around men like that for as long as I have , when you 've seen at first hand what they 're capable of , then you can come here and tell me how to handle my affairs . |
| 29 | When you 've brawled around for as long as I have your senses get to know the kind of fix that you ca n't just walk through or away from . |
| 30 | ‘ But after knowing you for as long as I have — ’ |