Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [subord] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willy agreed to go as long as he was given a return fare . |
| 2 | It may well be the case — as some commentators have observed , perhaps unduly cynically — that the economic and political situation in 1979 was such that it mattered little what the government tried to control as long as they showed determination and resolve to control something ; the money supply happened to be both a convenient and a relevant variable at that time . |
| 3 | We 've come to stay as long as you like really , up to a week . |
| 4 | The firm is pushed to continue as long as it can without breaking the law — indeed Dista can claim CSM positively discouraged it from taking action , a situation which , some observers claim , shows that the British drugs watchdog has power without responsibility . |
| 5 | She sat down and prepared to wait as long as was necessary . |
| 6 | On the face of it , it may seem that these two approaches can be made to coincide as long as the rules are drawn up to reflect the facts . |
| 7 | The Gazette did n't appear to mind as long as my first loyalty remained to them . |
| 8 | It remains a mystery to me why we should have had to wait as long as this for a recital disc , and why it should not have appeared on one of the major companies ' labels ( all credit to Delos ) . |
| 9 | u It should n't matter what you wear to work as long as you get the job done , says Lisa , 49 . |
| 10 | I was going to say as long as you do n't both have two days at the same time . |
| 11 | Scientists from British Universities and dental schools now believe they did — and that the tiny inch-long eel-like creature was not only the earliest vertebrate but suggests that the first vertebrates began to evolve as long as 600 million years ago — as , of course , a marine fish … |
| 12 | The ‘ going abroad tide ’ with its mixture of motivations , sentiments and contradictions was set to continue as long as the leadership refused to address the major reasons behind it . |
| 13 | As with the designers of the Douglas pistonliner family , those that designed the test-rigs to go in support of the Pratt & Whitneys could never have envisaged their creations having to last as long as they have . |
| 14 | However , on three occasions I was witness to CAMRA members complaining loudly that they should not have to queue as long as non-members to get in , or that only CAMRA members should be allowed to attend . |
| 15 | Well I mean to say as long as they last him . |
| 16 | Responsibility was claimed by the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) , which in a statement on Dec. 15 declared that " the economic cost of disruption to daily life in Britain will continue to rise as long as the British government and its army continues to occupy part of Ireland " . |
| 17 | It was wonderful to rinse off the lightly scented lather and with it the heat and grime and terror of a day she never wanted to repeat as long as she lived . |
| 18 | I 'd play for them or write out any song they wanted to learn as long as they gave me ten or fifteen minutes worth of scales and exercises first . ’ |