Example sentences of "just so [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just so long as we maintain the candidacy . ’ |
| 2 | The essence of what Mr Hussain said was that following the marriage he would remain in England on a settled basis as a married man for just so long as his wife dictated . |
| 3 | Just so long as you are not intending to ask me not to leave London . |
| 4 | Do n't bother about the rent if you have n't got it now , just so long as you pay me as soon as you get back . |
| 5 | I wanted our collaboration , strange as it was , to continue for eve ; , just so long as it kept him beside me . |
| 6 | ‘ Just so long as it does n't get in here . ’ |
| 7 | Just so long as it 's not ‘ gall ’ , ’ Lily said . |
| 8 | Liverpool beckoned , just so long as his legs remained sound . |
| 9 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 10 | But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity … |
| 11 | ‘ A good governor does as he pleases on his world , just so long as he pays his tithes in treasure and people . |
| 12 | In the sonnet just quoted , for instance , Shakespeare presents the Poet in a humiliating situation , indifferent to the behaviour of the Mistress with other men just so long as he gets some share of the action . |
| 13 | Not necessarily , since both teachers and researchers will ultimately use readability formulae for just so long as they find them of some value . |
| 14 | This may be true , but I doubt if it is , just so long as the words are right . |
| 15 | Just so long as I can see you . ’ |
| 16 | Sport encompasses things like hunting , all sorts of hunting : fox , hare otter , camel or whatever , just so long as it is conducted with hounds . |
| 17 | Just so long as they could finish this stupid game and get on to his answer . |
| 18 | She was tall , perfectly proportioned , and was more than happy for it to be admired , just so long as the admiration did not get too intrusive . |
| 19 | Just so long as we understand each other . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Good , ’ he said coldly , ‘ just so long as we understand each other . |
| 21 | Why not go along with Luke 's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink ? |
| 22 | We like to have kings to worship and admire : we love a bit of gold leaf to ooh and ah at : we do n't mind being poor just so long as there 's someone poorer than us . |
| 23 | We succumbed to temptation once , Bernard , but I 'm sure Mary will forgive just so long as we never , ever do it again . ’ |
| 24 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |
| 25 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |
| 26 | Paul wriggled , and the look on his face seemed to indicate that he would n't actually mind wasting anything , just so long as he got to hit the bell with his plank of wood . |
| 27 | Any word could follow any other word , just so long as it matched the phonetic input description . |
| 28 | ‘ Just so long as you 're not planning any physical attacks on me this evening … |
| 29 | I do guarantee it — just so long as Silvia passes her exams . ’ |
| 30 | You did n't care if I was in any danger , just so long as I was suitably humbled ! ’ |