Example sentences of "[adv] long as i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 3 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 4 | I guaranteed a starting price so long as I got last refusal — he was auctioning the piece . |
| 5 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 8 | It 's gon na take as long as I thought cos I have to format it and install it . |
| 9 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 10 | Bad industrial relations had been the curse of the country for as long as I had taken any interest in politics ; although the reform of trade union law was essential , further steps were also needed . |
| 11 | I shall refer briefly to one of the matters touched on by the hon. Gentleman , although I shall not speak on it for as long as I had intended , because the hon. Gentleman made wide-ranging reference to it himself , I congratulate him on that . |
| 12 | It is a cruel sport at best , but the poor show the matadors and toreadors made by running for the outer rail and escaping over the fence when the enraged bull pursued them was not a creditable sight ; I spent my time , for as long as I stayed , cheering for the bulls . |
| 13 | When we were in port he let me off work and allowed me to go ashore for as long as I wanted : " After all , you 're here to see these places . |
| 14 | It ended : ‘ Nonetheless , I consider myself to have been blessed to have had the chance to so serve for as long as I did . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't know why I kept them for as long as I did . |