Example sentences of "long as i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
| 2 | I stayed in the cafe for as long as I felt I could and then went back outside . |
| 3 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 4 | In the years we have been going to the Arctic ( at least one summer and one winter trip now for as long as I can remember ) , we have acquired odd niggles . |
| 5 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 8 | It ended : ‘ Nonetheless , I consider myself to have been blessed to have had the chance to so serve for as long as I did . ’ |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 11 | For as long as I can remember , it has been standard medical teaching that teething of babies causes no symptoms . |
| 12 | Its American equivalent , the New Yorker , has been read for its advertisements in this country for as long as I can remember . |
| 13 | I kept you here for as long as I could but I ca n't do that anymore . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ For as long as I 've had memories and before that too . |
| 15 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 16 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 17 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 18 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 19 | Mine starts at least two weeks before I begin fishing and continues , albeit less frequently , for as long as I am fishing that water . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The black tarred roof had been ‘ like that for as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 22 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 23 | I 'd loved him for as long as I could remember . |
| 24 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 25 | ‘ He would n't kill you so long as I 'm alive . |
| 26 | I have certainly been screaming with loneliness for as long as I can remember . |
| 27 | As for Uncle , he had suffered from rheumatism for as long as I can remember , so , all-in-all , we always had more work than we could really cope with . |
| 28 | I have still got two quilts that she made , which have been in use for as long as I can recall . |
| 29 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
| 30 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |