Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] as [pers pn] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er right so as I say it 's a lighthearted approach and on christian name terms and with that in mind would you detach one of these and just stick your name on so that at least if you do n't know then at some stage during the course you stand a good chance of getting to know each other because again the essence of this course is informality and talking . |
| 2 | cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it |
| 3 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | So long as we boil it , it should be OK . |
| 7 | It does n't matter Charlotte , so long as he colours it in |
| 8 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 9 | Darlington Tory association chairman Bill Smith said in Saturday 's story that Fallon could have the constituency nomination so long as he wanted it . |
| 10 | I do n't have fancy feelings about where money comes from , so long as I earn it in ways which fit in with my flexible principles . |
| 11 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 12 | Whilst other sections of the population are clearly severely affected by these government policies , disabled people experience these particular ‘ reforms ’ as an attack on their human right not to be incarcerated without trial and conviction , in so far as it renders it in some cases impossible to live outside institutions . |
| 13 | So far as I understand it my options are one of the following : |
| 14 | So far as you see it |
| 15 | He hated it especially now as he dragged it out of its corner in the garage , squeezed it between his Vauxhall Viva estate car and the twins ' tricycles , and rolled it on to the uneven surface in front of the garage doors . |
| 16 | She knew how Sisyphus must have felt , rolling that stone wearily up the hill , only to see it slide back down again as he made it to the top . |
| 17 | It 'll be all right soon as he gets it . ’ |
| 18 | That matter is not really as we perceive it has been known to chemists and physicists for over 150 years , but despite Einstein 's demonstration , and that of other atomic scientists since , that matter and energy are interchangeable , we persist in our view that physical matter is solid and stable . |
| 19 | Historically local government in England and Wales is a fascinating subject and from its study it will be found that local government whilst not quite as we know it today , existed for centuries before the first parliament was ever convened . |
| 20 | For instance , there is usually a starting assumption that individuals make history , at least by the sum of their actions and even if not quite as they intended it to be . |
| 21 | That 's not quite as I remember it , Melissa thought , but let the inaccuracy pass unchallenged . |
| 22 | The rope swayed a little as he went down hand over hand , then he was on the ground and the rope went still again as he held it fast and turned his face up to her . |
| 23 | Passing Wattisham we identify Stowmarket ( R ) and look for a specific road/railway junction ( S ) , which turns up exactly as we expected it . |
| 24 | JustText can read text files from any word processor , it even tidies them up slightly as it does it , and there is a utility to read MacWrite files but within limits . |
| 25 | The Intifada was perhaps the most convincing refutation ever of the time- honoured , complacent dogma that ‘ the status quo can last as long as we want it to . ’ |
| 26 | He then astonished us by lending us a jeep , with its driver , Abu , for as long as we needed it . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Fry claimed he was sacked by Flashman but the latter responded by saying Fry has a job at Underhill for as long as he wants it . |
| 29 | They were a best-selling group without real fans , more like the Archies than the Sex Pistols , and they lost significance as rapidly as they gained it . |
| 30 | The heart of the matter is the provision of a physical and social environment through which the members of society may gradually withdraw from it as securely and as worthily as they enter it through the environment of home and education . |