Example sentences of "[adv] as you [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I do , Shannon Lea ; I know that , much as you like to play the frightened virgin , there 's a passionate woman inside of you , desperate to emerge . ’ |
| 2 | You 've lost your ships , you 've lost your friends in Ireland , you 've lost the Lady Emma and the active support of the Pope , but you 're still strong enough to stop Harald of Norway from using you as a base , and you 're no threat to Wessex so long as you get rid of those Normans . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Anyhow , it does n't really matter what you use so long as you 've got the right top . ’ |
| 4 | SO LONG AS YOU 'VE GOT YOUR ELF , THAT 'S THE MAIN THING ! |
| 5 | That 's capitalism and you , so long as you 've got buyers and sellers you get this antagonism of interest between buyers and sellers . |
| 6 | First you are told that you can take as long as you like to put the counters in the jar . |
| 7 | You are going to need an area about a yard ( metre ) wide , for as long as you need to accommodate the plants — and that you will be able to judge as you read on . |
| 8 | If they are lost or stolen , you can recover their value so long as you have kept a note of their numbers separately . |
| 9 | ‘ If I do , which I doubt where Jenny 's concerned , then I unhesitatingly offer you my hospitality for as long as you care to accept it . |
| 10 | She is yours for as long as you care to keep her . |
| 11 | With the unparalleled luxury of the lodges and the delights of a Highland weekend fresh in your mind , perhaps as you prepare to depart , you 'll make a secret promise to return again to this special hideaway … as the proud ‘ LAIRD ’ of your own magnificent Highland home . |
| 12 | The original dispersed development strategy ended up with a shortfall , something like two thousand dwellings , compared to the sites which had been agreed between the various authorities at the time , it 's also worth noting that that was based on a dwelling target of nine thousand one hundred for Greater York , I think that 's correct , over the period since actual sites which have been agreed between the authorities since then have clearly increased , so as you 've seen in my appendix eight the residual requirement has now been reduced to a a level of nine hundred and forty seven . |
| 13 | It 's only as you begin to come out of the Ketamine state that you begin to appreciate where you are or where you 've been . |
| 14 | Well this would be the ideal opportunity to look at that because obviously planning now for the future gives you an opportunity just as you 've done with your maxi-endowment |
| 15 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 16 | Yes , I 'll come on that romantic stroll with you and watch the sunset as we did in Seville and I 'll remind you of it , just as you intend to remind me of it , and I 'll go with you all of the cruel way , Fernando , and when it 's all over I hope it gives you the satisfaction you crave . ’ |
| 17 | The house was just as I 'd left it — just as you 'd left it . |
| 18 | Just as you felt intimidated by his distancing behind his desk , you now feel threatened by his proximity . |
| 19 | Just as you loved to push the piled live hedge-boughs — |
| 20 | Security can also be a problem here , so try to park in highly visible places which are less likely to be jammed by visitors ' cars just as you want to get home . |
| 21 | Up until eleven o'clock everything went pretty well , When just as you start thinking to yourself that 's the last one for a while , lo and behold another wagon turns up . |
| 22 | Equally , you need to protect original work from unlawful commercial exploitation , just as you need to ensure that any ideas developed from elsewhere do not infringe someone else 's copyright . |
| 23 | Just as you have written off the 1991 vintage in France , a sample appears on the doorstep to confound you . |
| 24 | In the Guides you will work for Interest Badges just as you have done in Brownies . |
| 25 | Just as you have stretched your body beyond what you had previously thought possible , so you can stretch your mind . |
| 26 | If I go , If I could just to , to bring go , right back to a point you made much earlier coming off is exactly as you 've described it for most people |
| 27 | ‘ As soon as you 've gone , she 'll be out of here like a flash . |
| 28 | As soon as you 've battered your opponent into near-submission , a power-up appears ( which the computer-controlled player appears to anticipate ) and you 're back to square one ! |
| 29 | you actually exchange , as soon as you 've exchanged contracts we 've got to get insured you see but erm I mean on the letter we got from the solicitor on Saturday it said , it , it looks as though your purchaser 's ready to exchange contracts in the forthcoming week |
| 30 | And you should wash the gloves as soon as you 've touched the acid . |