Example sentences of "so [adv] as you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 2 | So long as you got the question wrong you got a cabbage if you got it right you got a prize |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | They want rearing and all that , they want to rear you see but so long as you get them settled and stand on them do anything , keep them down . |
| 5 | That was the word they used as a condition : So long as you stay balanced , darling . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You wo n't lose control so long as you retain over fifty per cent of the shares , ’ Adam reassured her . |
| 7 | ‘ Everything will be fine , ’ Damian drawled , ‘ so long as you relax . ’ |
| 8 | You can go on feeling lively and young and be as sexually attractive as you want , so long as you take care of your health . ’ |
| 9 | For ‘ the game ’ was one that everyone played , and that was all right so long as you took your losses without squealing . |
| 10 | But the room was warm , brightly lit and by no means uncomfortable so long as you kept your eyes away from the map-like stains on the rancid blue walls or the cigarette ends and other scraps on the floor . |
| 11 | It hardly matters what you are angry about , so long as you convey clearly the message that you are on the point of a serious psychotic meltdown and anyone getting in your way is liable to be no more than a bag of pimply skin and bone shards lying in a pool of blood within seconds . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyhow , it does n't really matter what you use so long as you 've got the right top . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 14 | SO LONG AS YOU 'VE GOT YOUR ELF , THAT 'S THE MAIN THING ! |
| 15 | That 's capitalism and you , so long as you 've got buyers and sellers you get this antagonism of interest between buyers and sellers . |
| 16 | So long as you 've enough to buy a meal ; |
| 17 | Most clients will readily understand why you can not be available all the time , so long as you tell them when you will be available . |
| 18 | BEATRIX : You ca n't , so long as you remain as pig-headed as you have been all your life . |
| 19 | " Well , so long as you remain at mine , I think the rest could be managed . |
| 20 | Could he not withdraw the promise on finding himself in straitened circumstances , or on falling out with P , or because she had married a wealthy man ? suppose then that D's promise is to pay the money ’ so long as you remain unmarried . ’ |
| 21 | I will pay you £5000 a year so long as you remain unmarried . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So long as you don ’ give me no trouble in the interim , Mr Stein , ’ said Braithwaite , getting to his feet . |
| 23 | Kinnock 's more realistic reply was : ‘ That 's fine , Nick , so long as you help me get to Downing Street first . ’ |
| 24 | Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’ |
| 25 | So long as you keep things above board your schemes will be tolerated , perhaps even appreciated , but do n't over-stretch your imagination as the results could border on the bizarre . |
| 26 | There is little danger from a Lionfish to yourself , so long as you keep your fingers clear of the venomous spines . |
| 27 | There is no difficulty in this whatsoever so long as you keep the silver piece level with the needles . |
| 28 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 29 | So long as you keep the Looms properly oiled and follow the rules you ca n't really go far wrong . |
| 30 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |