Example sentences of "so [adv] as i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 2 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 3 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 4 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 5 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 6 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 7 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 8 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 9 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 10 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 11 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 12 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 13 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 14 | ‘ He would n't kill you so long as I 'm alive . |
| 15 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
| 16 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |
| 18 | She left this house to us , and an allowance to Emily so long as she did n't marry , and one to me so long as I stayed with her . |
| 19 | By the end of the afternoon , after a few more pints , he gets involved in a Q&A challenge — he says he 'll answer any question , so long as I keep them coming . |
| 20 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 21 | I do not mind being told what I can not do , so long as I can accede to an adequate reason why . |
| 22 | I do n't know , but so long as I can cure the disease I do n't much care ! |
| 23 | I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough … |
| 24 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 25 | Nobody destroys me , and nobody was going to destroy Johnnie so long as I could sit by his bed — some of his family tried to stop me — and will my life force into him . ’ |
| 26 | So long as I am Prime Minister , the administrations I lead will have these priorities : |
| 27 | I do n't have fancy feelings about where money comes from , so long as I earn it in ways which fit in with my flexible principles . |
| 28 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
| 29 | No harm in picking up the extra dough , so long as I was doing my client 's work at the same time . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |