Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adv] long as " in BNC.

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1 Therefore he keeps walking , ‘ thinking of nothing so long as he could refrain from thinking ’ .
2 She was great with him so long as he kept her occupied .
3 The NUWM , however , was under Communist control , and it was difficult to cooperate with it so long as the ILP was regarded as " Social Fascist " .
4 ‘ We are very comfortable at Government House and Lady Franklin will not hear of our going from it so long as we remain in town .
5 Joyce met his German contact in the Ministry of Propaganda , Christian Bauer , who was optimistic over finding employment for him so long as there was no war .
6 While , therefore , he accepted the idea , of an invisible church of the elect , Whitgift rejected any suggestion that it should be synonymous with the visible church of this world , arguing that : ‘ We must walk in those ways that God hath appointed to bring them [ the reprobate ] to salvation which is to feed them continually and watch over them so long as they are in danger . ’
7 She left this house to us , and an allowance to Emily so long as she did n't marry , and one to me so long as I stayed with her .
8 ‘ The position does not matter to me so long as I am playing .
9 Soviet leaders strove to convince the non-aligned states that Moscow had no objection to the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact or the imposition of restraints on it so long as these measures applied equally to NATO .
10 On the other hand , we can not say that people are making up their minds for themselves so long as they are largely unaware of the influences that are playing upon them , and so long as those influences are not essentially diverse and competitive , but generally combine to push their thinking , their attitudes and feelings in a single direction .
11 Back with his own cast , he was determined to keep them at it as long as possible , fulfilling his own need for manic activity .
12 The chatterbox will keep talking about anything so long as there is n't a pause where there could be an opportunity to engage brain before mouth .
13 We have bread and bacon and butter that 's good , With oatmeal and salt that is wholesome for food ; We have soap and candles whereby to give light That you may work by them so long as you have light .
14 They were bound by it so long as it was not in conflict with their statutory duty .
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