Example sentences of "[prep] as [adv] [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's there for as long as he wants to be , ’ said Eaton . |
| 3 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
| 4 | Most hurtful and unfair of all , though , he had been the butt of jokes about his appearance for as long as he could remember — everything from his ears to his hairline . |
| 5 | He is trying to establish and retain a block of capital available for the members of his family for as long as he can do so . |
| 6 | He held on to it for as long as he could . |
| 7 | Richard Baxter continued to write and to preach for as long as he could . |
| 8 | He climbed a different shelf each day and hid for as long as he could behind piles of books , hoping to catch sight of what he called ‘ the Bookman' ’ . |
| 9 | Chris Sharpe , a smiling , sensitive biologist from Leeds , here for as long as he could stay to study primates , passed the test easily . |
| 10 | I decided to try for as long as he was trying . |
| 11 | The conscious , alert patient , such as the polio victim , must be given treatment for as long as he desires . |
| 12 | As regards the incompetent child , only his parents or legal guardian may speak for him , and then only for as long as he remains under their control or until majority at 18 years of age . |
| 13 | He had asked John Prior Estlin for letters of introduction to the Unitarian ministers at Bridgwater and Taunton , and became a regular preacher in both towns for as long as he remained at Stowey . |
| 14 | For a week , producer Robert Kemp had free run of the camp , interviewing whoever he chose for as long as he chose . |
| 15 | For as long as he could remember , people had stared at him . |
| 16 | He added : ‘ If things keep going well , Trevor can be at Hillsborough for as long as he wants . |
| 17 | In fact she had been the powerful sustaining force for as long as he could remember . |
| 18 | Ramsay delayed the return for as long as he dared , to allow stragglers to come up . |
| 19 | If any of you attacks your brother from now on , if not ordered to do so by a superior , that attacker will be enslaved and used for chirurgical experiments in our laboratories for as long as he lives . |
| 20 | For as long as he can remember , he has yearned to be — wait for it — a rock star . |
| 21 | He then makes the kind of silly gaffe — getting his hair cut while Air Force One sits at Los Angeles airport , closing down two runways — that will be the stuff of jokes about him for as long as he is in public life . |
| 22 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 23 | He has convinced Roderigo that Othello 's attraction for Desdemona is purely sensual , will soon be satiated , and that then Desdemona will love him ; even though the dupe is constantly doubting that vision , Iago manages to sustain it for as long as he needs to . |
| 24 | It is unlikely that he would have gone to a children 's home in the first place and stayed for as long as he did before fostering was tried . |
| 25 | She was to remain Henry 's captive for as long as he chose . |
| 26 | She was the daughter of an earl , well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil , and he had known her for as long as he could remember . |
| 27 | Under the STV a candidate must compete not only with political opponents but also with candidates of his own party , and compete in a popularity contest which , commencing with his first election campaign , will have to last without remission for as long as he wishes to hold his seat . |
| 28 | The femininity of Woman with its emphasis on the role of wife and mother , is vastly different from that of Cosmopolitan , where the feminine woman is encouraged to be adventurous in catching the most sexually desirable man , retaining him for as long as he is interesting , and getting a super job into the bargain . |
| 29 | It was a resolve he had fulfilled for as long as he could , relishing settling his mind on sacred thoughts and holy themes in an effort to make himself spiritually equal to the demands of his calling . |
| 30 | Eventually the carabiniere got bored and let Eric stay in the lavatory for as long as he wanted . |