Example sentences of "[adv] long as [pron] [vb mod] remember " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 2 | There has been no love lost between Scots and English at big sporting occasions for as long as one can remember , but it seems that England 's rugby aficionados find it hard to forgive Scotland for that Grand Slam defeat in 1990 . |
| 3 | She is certainly not one of those who have been living on mung beans for as long as they can remember . |
| 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 | Open-air dancing under the floodlights , often in long mackintoshes and trilby hats , a fountain that fell from bucket to bucket like the omnipresent rain , a bewhiskered Emett railway , a tree-walk alongside a forty-foot Chinese dragon — people queued patiently to enjoy such simple pleasures whose lack of sophistication seemed very exciting to people , most of whom had never had a foreign holiday or seen café tables with coloured umbrellas or indeed any fresh paint for as long as they could remember . |
| 6 | I had been preparing myself for as long as I can remember , preparing myself ( though I did not always realize it ) from the day that I was born , preparing myself , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , but always aware of the dangers of beginning too soon . |
| 7 | In the years we have been going to the Arctic ( at least one summer and one winter trip now for as long as I can remember ) , we have acquired odd niggles . |
| 8 | For as long as I can remember , it has been standard medical teaching that teething of babies causes no symptoms . |
| 9 | Its American equivalent , the New Yorker , has been read for its advertisements in this country for as long as I can remember . |
| 10 | The black tarred roof had been ‘ like that for as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 11 | I have certainly been screaming with loneliness for as long as I can remember . |
| 12 | As for Uncle , he had suffered from rheumatism for as long as I can remember , so , all-in-all , we always had more work than we could really cope with . |
| 13 | Baffled Lilly , from Anfield , Liverpool , added : ‘ I 've been like this for as long as I can remember . |
| 14 | They 've been yo-yoing between the First and Second Divisions for as long as I can remember — at the time of writing , they 're well on their way to the Premier League . |
| 15 | For as long as I can remember , I have been fascinated by the U.S.A. From childhood dreams of big cars , space rockets , Pacific coast and cowboys , America seemed to have it all . |
| 16 | I 've wanted him for as long as I can remember . " |
| 17 | ‘ I never went to any formal acting school — in fact , I 've probably just been very , very lucky getting all the parts I have — though for as long as I can remember all I ever wanted to be was an actress , and to be in the Theatre . ’ |
| 18 | Scully and Sons have had the job for as long as I can remember , not because they are any good but because they are ruddy cheap . |
| 19 | I 've been impotent for as long as I can remember . |
| 20 | Well , as you know , she did n't have a sweet tooth , not her , but I — They were sent to her twice a year for as long as I can remember . |
| 21 | Vango have been making strong , well constructed tents for as long as I can remember and the Odyssey 200 dome tent certainly lives up to Vango 's good name . |
| 22 | During the Christmas and Easter holidays for as long as I can remember , I 've been going to assorted relatives and friends , but in the long , summer months I 've always gone home . |
| 23 | For as long as I can remember I have done and been interested in music . |
| 24 | This has been a tradition in my family for as long as I can remember because during the week , everyone in my family has a main meal in the evening and sandwiches at lunchtime . |
| 25 | For as long as I can remember it has always been a tidy , clean , friendly place . |
| 26 | That 's been the rule about sub-committee chairmen for as long as I can remember . ’ |
| 27 | For heaven 's sake , you 've been breathing the rarefied air of the ivory tower for as long as I can remember . |
| 28 | I have shopped here for as long as I can remember . |
| 29 | For as long as I can remember it 's been that way . ’ |
| 30 | SHOULD Labour Councillors in Eastbourne , whose party has had the area to itself for as long as I can remember , ‘ knock on doors ’ in this area , I hope residents will raise the question of the state of the Neasham Road approach to Darlington , south of the railway bridge , particularly when at this time of year it is a pleasure to approach the town from any other direction . |