Example sentences of "as [adv] as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 34 | He stayed for as long as it took him to finish his beer . |
| 35 | She had gone up to her room now as if she was simply going to sit there and wait for as long as it took , and when the plane disappeared from sight Maggie went to find her . |
| 36 | ‘ Only for as long as it took her to latch on to another driver , ’ Vitor said drily . |
| 37 | We did n't expect it to last as long as it has , and were hoping for some relief by the end of the year . |
| 38 | Keep cutting the grass for as long as it grows vigorously . |
| 39 | They refrained from responding to a long series of statements by senior Chinese officials which contradicted both the letter and the spirit of the Joint Declaration - including an assurance , for example , that the post-1997 Hong Kong press would be free for ‘ as long as it did not publish anything detrimental to China 's national interest ’ . |
| 40 | It was in any case something of a miracle — and a tribute to the tenacity of the Lebanese — that their Covenant worked for as long as it did . |
| 41 | While few serious historians have defended Communist excesses , some have argued that it was only the strategy in whose name they were committed that enabled the Republic to fight on for as long as it did . |
| 42 | ‘ It sounds lousy , but the great advantage to Celeste — and the reason why our relationship survived for as long as it did — was that she never had much of an impact on either my feelings or my thoughts . |
| 43 | Even though there is n't much space for plot or characters in between the authorial wisecracks , at 435 ill-written pages Gridlock is about four times as long as it needs to be . |
| 44 | There is , indeed , a much less rigid distinction between working and non-working hours , for with easier accessibility between home and workplace the farm worker tends to be involved in the job for as long as it demands , rather than working to any set hours . |
| 45 | ‘ For now , and for as long as it lasts . |
| 46 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 47 | As suddenly as it began , the rain ceased . |
| 48 | The rain stops as suddenly as it came . |
| 49 | I heard screams of anguish , then the attack faded away as suddenly as it came . |
| 50 | The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . |
| 51 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 52 | Then , just as suddenly as it had appeared , it dived , sliding back into the earth at an immense speed . |
| 53 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 54 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 55 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 56 | It fell silent as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 57 | Hari 's wash of hurt pride and anger vanished as suddenly as it had come , though she realized that Craig 's words were no more than flattery . |
| 58 | But just as suddenly as it had begun all this ended three years later , leaving the halls deserted . |
| 59 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 60 | Lacuna 's anger had disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived . |