Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [adv] long as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has been described as " the affection of a man that clingeth to God , a homely and pious speaking , a standing of the enlightened soul unto enjoying for so long as may be " . |
| 2 | They talked about other Christmas flops and bombs , delaying for as long as they could any mention of TCT 's ‘ T is He Whose Yester-evening 's High Disdain ’ , which had cost practically nothing to make and had already done 120 million in its first three weeks . |
| 3 | Keep the sail driving for as long as you can through the tacks . |
| 4 | You can not pretend to people who , like you , have been pretending for as long as they can remember : they do not let you get away with it . |
| 5 | She assumed it was only a temporary lapse in character while he nursed his head but she still determined to keep the conversation going for as long as possible . |
| 6 | The prime objective was to keep plateau production going for as long as possible through increased recovery and satellites . |
| 7 | Just keep going for as long as you like on that line . |
| 8 | Ellie ran upstairs , threw off her old blouse and skirt and her much darned stockings , and got hurriedly dressed in her Sunday best , yet another variation on the plain black dress with detachable collar and cuffs she had been wearing for as long as she could remember . |
| 9 | When you have been teaching for as long as I have you 'll realise that it 's no good at all being kind to children . |
| 10 | Moreover , agents of the process may be genuinely unaware of what they are doing for as long as they see good professional practice as unitary , consensual and unproblematic . |
| 11 | Norm then told him to carry on just playing for as long as he could . |
| 12 | ‘ I said when I came to Pittodrie that I wanted to go on playing for as long as possible , ’ Aitken said afterwards . |
| 13 | Yasmin is expecting another child in the autumn and , although she will have to make some difficult decisions about whether or not to continue with her career after the baby is born , she is still determined to carry on working for as long as she can . |
| 14 | As soon as one person 's work has been built into the computer , it stays there and goes on working for as long as needed . |