Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sixty next year but I 'd like to carry on for as long as possible . ’ |
| 2 | A stranger entered the bidding and soon gave the impression that he was determined to carry on for as long as was required to obtain the Baron . |
| 3 | ‘ This is the life I 've been trained for and I want to carry on for as long as possible . |
| 4 | And what you want , you want people to come up with as wild as ideas as possible . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , it was also pointed out that screening could be effective in uncovering treatable conditions which sufferers were otherwise likely to put up with as simply the inevitable consequence of old age . |
| 6 | While few serious historians have defended Communist excesses , some have argued that it was only the strategy in whose name they were committed that enabled the Republic to fight on for as long as it did . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ My aim now is to get back to as normal a life as possible . |
| 8 | Their supply base had been moved forward to Benghazi , which by that time had been captured by the British , and it was intended to stay out for as long as two months , mounting almost nightly raids . |