Example sentences of "[adv] as you do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But somebody who cares as much as you do , you 'd want to know . ’ |
| 2 | After the birth , intercourse can begin again as soon as you feel ready and so long as you do n't feel any discomfort . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Jerusalem artichokes , they make a lovely cream soup so long as you do n't mind the flatulence . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ So long as you do something , ’ he said . |
| 7 | So long as you do n't arrange a leopard-hunt afterwards . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It will pay you dividends , so long as you do n't say " Silly old codgers " and put it on a top shelf . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If you do n't want to go as far up the scale as typesetting then it does n't really matter what imaging method you use ; PCL , ACE , PostScript or a PostScript clone — so long as you do n't try to mix and match the two |
| 14 | Do what you like so long as you do n't get caught . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | And I think that often , you know listening to sermons is a bit like that , especially as you do n't concentrate all the time . |
| 19 | Move the thumbs towards each other 30 times , remembering to tuck your bottom under and pull your tummy in as you do so . |
| 20 | And , ’ I went on as he tried to interrupt , ‘ so as you do n't get lost if the sun goes in , you can paint the trees as you go with luminous paint . |
| 21 | So as you do n't ask me to get the so and so 's down . |
| 22 | Lean away as you do this to avoid getting hit in the face with a snap punch . |
| 23 | Because I like you , Breeze , and it makes my blood boil to think of you slaving away as you do . |
| 24 | Just as you do not wish others to inflict their desires upon you , you must leave it to them to be free to follow their own direction in life . |
| 25 | You will find this card a real boon anywhere in Europe because it allows you to pay for goods and services with eurocheques , just as you do with ordinary cheques at home . |
| 26 | ‘ You see you have to have a situation in schools where in the end teachers — and this gentleman is a visiting teacher — can give reasonable orders to people just as you do in a home . |
| 27 | ‘ You can carry on doing my washing , if that will please you — and knowing you as I do , I do n't doubt you 'll be in here at least once or twice a week clearing things up and telling me what a mess I 'm living in — just as you do now . |
| 28 | The answer here must be to give up smoking — as soon as you do , you begin to reduce the risk of a heart attack . |
| 29 | Has anybody actually found writing it all out because as soon as you do , you 'll be faced with hundreds of choices . |
| 30 | Take a fast step forwards , holding your guard hands still as you do so . |