Example sentences of "so [adv] as you [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You wo n't lose control so long as you retain over fifty per cent of the shares , ’ Adam reassured her . |
| 2 | It hardly matters what you are angry about , so long as you convey clearly the message that you are on the point of a serious psychotic meltdown and anyone getting in your way is liable to be no more than a bag of pimply skin and bone shards lying in a pool of blood within seconds . |
| 3 | BEATRIX : You ca n't , so long as you remain as pig-headed as you have been all your life . |
| 4 | Do whatever you like , so long as you keep out of my hair . |
| 5 | So long as you know how far it is to the line , and so long as someone is calling out the time to the start , you just need to judge your speed correctly . |
| 6 | ‘ You can bring the crutch , so long as you promise not to attempt the stairs . ’ |
| 7 | So long as you did n't reappear , or if , when you did reappear , you were dead , there was no danger of the police looking for any other killer . |
| 8 | So long as you did n't nick |
| 9 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
| 10 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
| 11 | After the birth , intercourse can begin again as soon as you feel ready and so long as you do n't feel any discomfort . |
| 12 | But the sunrise of impending suicide bathes him and others in fiery metaphysical comedy ; , ‘ be as free as you like , ’ Peter Verkhovensky tells him , ‘ so long as you do n't change your mind ’ — that is ‘ so long as your entirely free intention is carried out ’ . |
| 13 | Jerusalem artichokes , they make a lovely cream soup so long as you do n't mind the flatulence . ’ |
| 14 | So long as you do n't arrange a leopard-hunt afterwards . |
| 15 | She smiled , ‘ Do n't forget now , you 're my cousin from Neath come to help with the business , you 're big like my dad , could easily be his nephew and so long as you do n't open your mouth , it should be all right . ’ |
| 16 | There is after all nothing inherently wrong with quoting fiction — with saying , for example , that Baker Street once housed a detective called Sherlock Holmes — so long as you do n't mislead anyone by palming it off as a fact . |
| 17 | It will pay you dividends , so long as you do n't say " Silly old codgers " and put it on a top shelf . |
| 18 | Do what you like so long as you do n't get caught . |
| 19 | Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene . |
| 20 | ‘ So long as you do n't gossip with him , no , ’ he said flatly , and turned on his heel to stride coolly out on to the terrace again , so tall he had to dodge the metal chimes that hung over the french windows . |
| 21 | And if you get an itch , you can scratch it , so long as you do so badger-style : five to six rapid scratches per second . |
| 22 | ‘ Ask by all means , so long as you understand how limited my freedom may be to answer . ’ |
| 23 | But at that time it was n't what you 'd call modern in so far as you had n't got hot water from a sort of gas fir Electric heating . |