Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I respect them , especially so as he has just come from South Africa . |
| 2 | Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence . |
| 3 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 4 | Warner v. Browne the lessor engaged not to turn out the tenant so long as he observed the conditions , and in this case [ the company 's agent ] engages that the tenant shall hold until the company require to pull down the buildings . |
| 5 | It does n't matter Charlotte , so long as he colours it in |
| 6 | Some might worry that he is allowing the Californians to influence him too much , but I ca n't help feeling that so long as he manages to stay on his horse he remains the best sort of Englishman aborad . |
| 7 | So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone , he could thumb his nose at Cotton . |
| 8 | Hence if a registered shareholder , A , first executes a transfer to a purchaser , B , and later to another , C , while both remain unregistered B will have priority over C. If , however , C succeeds in obtaining registration before B , he will have priority over B so long as he had no notice , at the time of purchase , of the transfer to B. If C did have notice , although he has been registered his prima facie title will not prevail over that of B who will be entitled to have the register rectified ( assuming that there are no grounds on which the company could refuse to register B ) and in the meantime C 's legal interest will be subject to the equitable interest of B. If both transfers were gifts , the position would presumably be different ; the gift to B would leave A without any beneficial interest that he could give to C and , not being a ‘ purchaser , ’ C could not obtain priority by registration ; his legal interest , on his becoming the registered holder , would be subject to the prior equity of B. |
| 9 | A gentleman of the faculty in the neighbourhood , hearing of the circumstance , and finding it so well authenticated , immediately made him an offer of ten guineas for the dog , which the grateful farmer refused , exultingly adding that so long as he had a bone in his meat , or a crust to his bread , he would divide it with the faithful friend who had preserved his life : arid this he did in a perfect conviction that the warmth of the dog , in covering the most vital part , had continued the circulation arid prevented a total stagnation of the blood by the frigidity of the elements . " |
| 10 | The idea of dying did n't worry him , so long as he went out with a bang . |
| 11 | Paul wriggled , and the look on his face seemed to indicate that he would n't actually mind wasting anything , just so long as he got to hit the bell with his plank of wood . |
| 12 | RICHARD Gere is desperate to have children so long as he does not have to change any nappies . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , so long as he does know about it that 's all that matters . |
| 14 | I can get through all this , she thought , so long as he does n't touch me . |
| 15 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 16 | The King , in the Declaration of Breda , had promised that no man would be molested for differences of religious opinion , so long as he kept the peace . |
| 17 | The scent of human food was very strong in the Gruncher 's nostrils , and he must have been thinking that so long as he kept going flat out , he would catch his meal in the end . |
| 18 | She was great with him so long as he kept her occupied . |
| 19 | It is not that she possesses dazzling charm or an especially brilliant intellect , but he enjoys her company so long as he thinks their friendship is platonic . |
| 20 | In the sonnet just quoted , for instance , Shakespeare presents the Poet in a humiliating situation , indifferent to the behaviour of the Mistress with other men just so long as he gets some share of the action . |
| 21 | What rhino likes is fucking and killing , killing and fucking ; he is n't at all fussy which end he fucks , so long as he gets to fuck . |
| 22 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 23 | In the event it was 1928 before they finally left the course on loan to a Mr. Parsons so long as he looked after them . |
| 24 | Earlier , avoiding Matey 's compressed lips , he had picked up the whisky bottle and reached for a glass — anything , so long as he achieved oblivion , surcease from pain — and then he had heard her voice again , in the corridor at the church hall , mockingly telling him to retreat to it . |
| 25 | He knew how to hold the Conservative Party together , and , so long as he judged this right , to hold it loyal to Lloyd George . |
| 26 | So long as he speaks the truth it can t be folly — that 's what you 're going to say , is n't it ? |
| 27 | Anselm was concerned with all these aspects of primacy from the very beginning , and he held on tenaciously to them all so long as he lived . |
| 28 | Should he go too far , the only repercussion , so long as he remains powerful , is for some of the village members to leave the village . |
| 29 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |
| 30 | Anyone who gives him a flak jacket ( that is , consent ) may take it back , but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed . |