Example sentences of "long as they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity …
2 cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it
3 And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be .
4 They will not wear their knuckles out knocking at the West 's door , so long as they feel it will be opened to them before too long .
5 If the relatives are able to go to the mortuary or viewing room and be with the person who has died for as long as they feel it to be necessary , then they are more able to start absorbing the fact of their loved one 's death , because again they have the evidence in front of them .
6 ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’
7 Not necessarily , since both teachers and researchers will ultimately use readability formulae for just so long as they find them of some value .
8 For as long as they continue they are the issue , rather than a grievance for which many people might instinctively have some sympathy .
9 And they despised her for it , some of them , and they feared her for it , most of them ; but she did not care , so long as they paid her enough to be drunk on until the need to kill was irresistible again .
10 " I do n't care chat becomes of me , So long as they sing me that sheet melody , Yip-I-Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay , Yip-I Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay . "
11 Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment .
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