Example sentences of "it for as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held on to it for as long as he could . |
| 2 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 3 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
| 4 | Its purpose is best served if the person concerned can take up this attitude , be with it for as long as is required , and then let it go again when stepping back into ordinary life , then there is no risk of becoming over-identified with it . |
| 5 | If you do give it , give it for as short a time as you can . |
| 6 | They have got enough money but they like to keep it for as long as possible . |
| 7 | She fought it for as long as she could , but it was such a silly thing . |
| 8 | A third option is to part-sell your home either for a capital sum or regular payments , under a home income plan , and continue to live in it for as long as you wish . |
| 9 | He has convinced Roderigo that Othello 's attraction for Desdemona is purely sensual , will soon be satiated , and that then Desdemona will love him ; even though the dupe is constantly doubting that vision , Iago manages to sustain it for as long as he needs to . |
| 10 | Whatever we want from our lives now — the Booker Prize , a recording contract , a promotion , a Porsche convertible , the girl at the Virgin Megastore checkout desk — we can not possibly have coveted it for as long as we have cherished dreams of football glory , dreams which have remained fundamentally unchanged since childhood . |
| 11 | Then freeze it for as long as it takes . |
| 12 | I shall refer briefly to one of the matters touched on by the hon. Gentleman , although I shall not speak on it for as long as I had intended , because the hon. Gentleman made wide-ranging reference to it himself , I congratulate him on that . |
| 13 | If you tell somebody you can it for as little as sixteen pounds per month , guess what , that what they 'll have . |
| 14 | so therefore they 've got it for as long they want it . |