Example sentences of "they [verb] so [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let them hate so long as they fear . |
| 2 | They said they would send it , they got so far as taking her address , but she changed her mind , she wanted to wear it that night . |
| 3 | By way of contrast members of a moral or rule-based association share nothing other than their recognition of the authority of those practices ; sharers of a common language , for example , may say what they like so long as they comply with the canons of that language . |
| 4 | They treat their women like mules and they fornicate with animals ; indeed in this respect they are so jealous that they go so far as to attach chastity belts to their mares and mules . |
| 5 | They tell me that Mr. Stavanger has a magnificent record , and is very highly thought of in shipping circles — indeed , they went so far as to say that they 'd recommend the bank 's board to support him through thick and thin . |
| 6 | Their discussions included the merger of the Falange and the Traditionalist movement and they went so far as to commission a draft document outlining the project . |
| 7 | Indeed , they went so far as to propose that there should be a separate planning code for minerals . |
| 8 | ‘ The decision was to give them a lot of freedom , letting them take the pictures they liked so long as their interpretations were true to the general concept . |
| 9 | cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it |
| 10 | AT THE beginning of the 20th century Texan lobbyists could get more or less what they wanted so long as they kept politicians supplied with the three Bs : beefsteak , bourbon and blondes . |
| 11 | Since so many of us had made love to either O or to Boy we felt that by comparing notes we knew a great deal about how they behaved when making love , and so when we saw them reappear so obviously as lovers we were pleased to see that our predictions had been correct . |