Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [adv] long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just you bear in mind that you 've got me now , Kate , and you 'll have me for as long as you want me . |
| 2 | I hold him with me for as long as I can before my leg goes dead . |
| 3 | Creating flower wreaths and circles is a family tradition — Elizabeth Jane has been making them for as long as she can remember . |
| 4 | But they could lie safely among them for as long as they liked , and they could move through them easily and unseen . |
| 5 | I do n't know why I kept them for as long as I did . |
| 6 | In terms of giving teachers more chances to learn and to develop it comes down to releasing them for as long as they can with some financial help , some doubling-up of teaching and a well-organized use of locally managed funds . |
| 7 | The fields which Miss Lockwood owned are also left to you , Sara , with the provision that Mr. Preston must have the use of them for as long as he requires for his horses . " |
| 8 | She is yours for as long as you care to keep her . |
| 9 | ‘ Whilst you remain here with us — and let me say here and now that there will be a place here for you for as long as you wish — you will share in the life of the household and have all provided . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , Kate , I 'll be here for you for as long as you want me . |
| 11 | I mean , Chrissie , are you allowed to have a wedding ceremony tha tha which says erm I 'll love you for as long as I can possibly manage ? |
| 12 | I 'm surprised he stuck to you for as long as he did . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But after knowing you for as long as I have — ’ |
| 15 | The aim was to keep them in as long as possible , for without them the people employed to do the menial duties would have no time to relax … |
| 16 | I 'd loved him for as long as I could remember . |
| 17 | He then makes the kind of silly gaffe — getting his hair cut while Air Force One sits at Los Angeles airport , closing down two runways — that will be the stuff of jokes about him for as long as he is in public life . |
| 18 | I 've wanted him for as long as I can remember . " |
| 19 | The femininity of Woman with its emphasis on the role of wife and mother , is vastly different from that of Cosmopolitan , where the feminine woman is encouraged to be adventurous in catching the most sexually desirable man , retaining him for as long as he is interesting , and getting a super job into the bargain . |
| 20 | Oh , yes , he was himself again , he would be trailing this glory after him for as long as it still shed lustre . |
| 21 | My mother took pity on him and agreed to keep him for as long as she could . |
| 22 | She watched him for as long as she could bear to , anger warring with a sense of duty , then abruptly she marched into the house , and with gritted teeth and a distinctly martyred feeling she began to resentfully sort out a bag to take with her to Soufrière . |
| 23 | Knowing him for as long as I have done must have worked in my favour . ’ |
| 24 | Rose Mundy told me of her continual battle with overweight thighs , a problem that had been with her for as long as she could remember . |
| 25 | I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again . |
| 26 | He put his hand over the flame of the lamp and said to Stricker : ‘ Let me see her for as long as I can keep my hand in the flame . ’ |
| 27 | She was the daughter of an earl , well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil , and he had known her for as long as he could remember . |
| 28 | He held on to it for as long as he could . |
| 29 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
| 30 | Its purpose is best served if the person concerned can take up this attitude , be with it for as long as is required , and then let it go again when stepping back into ordinary life , then there is no risk of becoming over-identified with it . |