Example sentences of "so long as [pers pn] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them arose as a result of an all-Russian phenomenon in 1922 — the lack of co-ordination and exchange of information between the centre and the localities , together with nonchalant neglect of provincial problems so long as they did not affect central political issues . |
| 2 | So she sent them on immediately , longing to know what they contained and never finding out , but supposing that so long as they did keep coming the worst could not yet have happened . |
| 3 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 4 | As soon as I saw you riding , I knew you 'd make it — so long as they did n't get to you . |
| 5 | He could make concessions to his allies and all would be well so long as they did not come into conflict with one another . |
| 6 | To do otherwise would be to break the long-established political tradition of allowing people to hold whatever views they liked , so long as they did not break the law or urge others to do so . |
| 7 | LORD WRIGHT : I think the jury should be directed by the judge that the respondent Association had a legal right to put the person 's name on the stop list , so long as they did so in order to promote the trade interests of the Association and its members and not with intent to injure , and so long as the money , fine or penalty demanded was reasonable and not extortionate . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , so long as they did not organise — and sometimes even when they did — the workers themselves provided their employers with a solution to the problem of labour management : by and large they liked to work , and their expectations were remarkably modest . |
| 9 | At first it was men who were not allowed into the house and although this position resulted in a lot of criticism and ridicule , most feminists had some sympathy so long as we did n't seriously advocate separatism for all women . |
| 10 | So long as he did so , his leadership was not under challenge . |
| 11 | So long as he did n't carry on about it . |
| 12 | Yet all that feeling , all that energy , discharged itself into the void so long as it did not flow down one of the channels that made the great wheels turn — in Edinburgh , in London and Paris . |
| 13 | There could , indeed , be no two opinions as to the right of every one of the great national subdivisions of Europe to dispose of itself , independently of its neighbours in all internal matters , so long as it did not encroach upon the liberty of others . |
| 14 | It matters not how strong the persuasion was , so long as it did not overbear the independence of the patient 's decision . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | So long as you did n't reappear , or if , when you did reappear , you were dead , there was no danger of the police looking for any other killer . |
| 17 | So long as you did n't nick |
| 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 . |