Example sentences of "[adv] long [conj] i [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not so long as I am working for you . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The position does not matter to me so long as I am playing . |
| 3 | I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough … |
| 4 | So long as I was looking for someone who might want to murder Michael Banks , I was getting nowhere . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | No harm in picking up the extra dough , so long as I was doing my client 's work at the same time . ’ |
| 7 | It was not long before I was ensconced in the dining-room with a pastis and looking forward to dinner . |
| 8 | Back in Moose Jaw , busy with newspaper and radio work , it was not long before I was engaged in preparing and delivering a series of illustrated talks on musical appreciation on Wednesday evenings to audiences of 900 or more in the public auditorium of the Technical School . |
| 9 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |
| 11 | Mine starts at least two weeks before I begin fishing and continues , albeit less frequently , for as long as I am fishing that water . |
| 12 | Fortunately , it was n't long before I was approached by other people to set up a new gallery . |
| 13 | And erm =ut er th that that was quite a quite a good school , quite a modern school but I I 'd er I 'd er I was n't able to stay there long because I was approaching my thirteenth birthday you see than . |