Example sentences of "[adv] long [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Leeds City could not be suspended as a club — we had no power to do that ; but so long as they refused to give up those vital papers , we could have no way out save by expelling them . |
| 2 | It was a pursuit which we could only continue , of course , so long as we managed to sell our films to commercial television simply on the strength of their entertainment value . |
| 3 | Paul wriggled , and the look on his face seemed to indicate that he would n't actually mind wasting anything , just so long as he got to hit the bell with his plank of wood . |
| 4 | ‘ So long as he promised to give the heroine more character and personality , that is . |
| 5 | Why not go along with Luke 's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink ? |
| 6 | Writing a doctorate on the British response to the church conflict in Nazi Germany , I was well aware that Dietrich Bonhoeffer had refused to grant that the established national Protestant Church was in fact a Christian church so long as it refused to ordain people who were racially Jewish . |
| 7 | It was not long before they began to complain . |
| 8 | It was not long before we had to try our swords , as the billhooks had become , on something real and so a row of perfectly harmless Brussels Sprouts were decapitated . |
| 9 | Maggie sat on the bed and fumed but it was not long before she started to smile . |
| 10 | Coming to London as a young clerk attached to the Board of Trade , it was not long before he began to take an interest in political affairs , and his remarkable gift for public speaking was developed at the old Battersea Parliament , to which belonged many men who have since played important roles in public life … including Stanley ( now Lord ) Buckmaster , John Burns and Horatio Bottomley … . |
| 11 | He said the atmosphere at each gathering had been one of calm , loving concern , and this would continue for as long as it took to get the children home . |
| 12 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 13 | For him , this meant giving master classes in duplicity in order to keep both Axis and Allies in play for as long as he needed to achieve his economic , military and , above all , territorial objectives . |
| 14 | Luckily Tim Dunton had been very understanding , telling her not to worry and to take as long as she needed to sort matters out . |
| 15 | Eve had been there for as long as she remembered to help her fight her battles . |
| 16 | Some of the secondary girls considered such goings on beneath their dignity but it was n't long before they began to take an interest and help out in the " Ox-farm " . |
| 17 | It was not very long before I came to see it as simply one fad among others . |
| 18 | I recall the gist of it implied that they could n't sit there sunbathing too long if they wanted to get through all seven tops . |