Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as you do " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the birth , intercourse can begin again as soon as you feel ready and so long as you do n't feel any discomfort . |
| 2 | But the sunrise of impending suicide bathes him and others in fiery metaphysical comedy ; , ‘ be as free as you like , ’ Peter Verkhovensky tells him , ‘ so long as you do n't change your mind ’ — that is ‘ so long as your entirely free intention is carried out ’ . |
| 3 | Jerusalem artichokes , they make a lovely cream soup so long as you do n't mind the flatulence . ’ |
| 4 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
| 5 | ‘ So long as you do something , ’ he said . |
| 6 | So long as you do n't arrange a leopard-hunt afterwards . |
| 7 | She smiled , ‘ Do n't forget now , you 're my cousin from Neath come to help with the business , you 're big like my dad , could easily be his nephew and so long as you do n't open your mouth , it should be all right . ’ |
| 8 | And if you get an itch , you can scratch it , so long as you do so badger-style : five to six rapid scratches per second . |
| 9 | There is after all nothing inherently wrong with quoting fiction — with saying , for example , that Baker Street once housed a detective called Sherlock Holmes — so long as you do n't mislead anyone by palming it off as a fact . |
| 10 | It will pay you dividends , so long as you do n't say " Silly old codgers " and put it on a top shelf . |
| 11 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
| 12 | Do what you like so long as you do n't get caught . |
| 13 | Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene . |
| 14 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |
| 15 | ‘ So long as you do n't gossip with him , no , ’ he said flatly , and turned on his heel to stride coolly out on to the terrace again , so tall he had to dodge the metal chimes that hung over the french windows . |
| 16 | I should wish you were brought home in wine rather than to come in so sober and so late as you do . |
| 17 | I feel as badly as you do , but we do n't have time for this . |
| 18 | ‘ But somebody who cares as much as you do , you 'd want to know . ’ |
| 19 | Do n't make the fatal mistake of assuming other people think as logically as you do , or even hear what 's said to them . |
| 20 | You must think yourselves lucky to be able to go to Thrush Green as often as you do . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't be so soft , mam , he 's not one of us , I know that as well as you do . ’ |
| 22 | I know you never considered Madeleine was the right girl for me and no one in this whole world knows me as well as you do , so I ca n't ignore your opinion , even though I 'd like to . |
| 23 | Barry leant forward and whispered conspiratorially , his breath smelling of mint , ‘ Look , Sergeant , we know as well as you do that Parkin was having it away with Nicola Sharpe . |
| 24 | Nobody speaks as well as you do . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's just that I do n't think Hugo or Georgina would do the job as well as you do . |
| 26 | I reckon I know where he is as well as you do , and I might have to say . |
| 27 | It would be hard to justify living as well as you do while paying only a pittance for the privilege . ’ |
| 28 | Slide diagonally forwards as you do so and twist your hips so that your centre-line faces the opponent . |
| 29 | Let your rear guard hand move forwards slightly as you do this . |