Example sentences of "[adv] as i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 |
| 32 | So long as I shove the washing in the do n't like it in there it 's dingy , unless the sun 's out . |
| 33 | ‘ For as long as I 've had memories and before that too . |
| 34 | So long as I 've got somebody now there 's nobody along here . |
| 35 | You 've been plaguing the life out of me and everybody else for as long as I 've worked here . |
| 36 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |
| 37 | 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 . ’ |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 40 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | 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 . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | ‘ But after knowing you for as long as I have — ’ |
| 46 | I have been in favour of regional government for as long as I have been in politics . |
| 47 | Molly , Edith ( Harlow ) and I were talking about the Medauring in Germany started by Sofie Trappe , and I said we ought to form a group in England — Molly 's reaction was ‘ that 's fine Andy so long as I have nothing to do with the organisation ’ … so that year we formed the Studio Club . |
| 48 | ‘ I 'm in good shape and I will sing for as long as I have the strength to do so , ’ he added . |
| 49 | Knowing him for as long as I have done must have worked in my favour . ’ |
| 50 | For as long as I have been conscious she has been out there in front of me , dodging arrows , triggering ambushes ; doubling back to brief me on the safest and fastest route forward . |
| 51 | So long as I live . |
| 52 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 53 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |
| 54 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
| 55 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
| 56 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ Meaning , I can have my say so long as I do what you tell me ! ’ |
| 58 | So long as I love you , I would n't mind being poor , and I do n't want his money . ’ |
| 59 | Now for those of us that have been slightly biased by the dubiously titled ‘ Warehouse Raves ’ compilations that Rumour have been responsible for in the past , well we can not sit up and take note , because here comes their most exciting release for as long as I care to remember ( sorry Rumour ! ) . |
| 60 | Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me . |