Example sentences of "him for as [adv] as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother took pity on him and agreed to keep him for as long as she could . |
| 2 | She watched him for as long as she could bear to , anger warring with a sense of duty , then abruptly she marched into the house , and with gritted teeth and a distinctly martyred feeling she began to resentfully sort out a bag to take with her to Soufrière . |
| 3 | He then makes the kind of silly gaffe — getting his hair cut while Air Force One sits at Los Angeles airport , closing down two runways — that will be the stuff of jokes about him for as long as he is in public life . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I 'd loved him for as long as I could remember . |
| 6 | I 've wanted him for as long as I can remember . " |
| 7 | Knowing him for as long as I have done must have worked in my favour . ’ |
| 8 | Oh , yes , he was himself again , he would be trailing this glory after him for as long as it still shed lustre . |