Example sentences of "[adv] as you [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | older women , losing height a lot of pain from these fractures and it 's bones that are too porous so they 're not holding you up sufficiently as you get older . |
| 2 | You do n't sleep so much as you get older . |
| 3 | ‘ I think I do , Shannon Lea ; I know that , much as you like to play the frightened virgin , there 's a passionate woman inside of you , desperate to emerge . ’ |
| 4 | Much as you said you were . |
| 5 | Yes thank well yes er thank you very much as you say several pages back . |
| 6 | ‘ But somebody who cares as much as you do , you 'd want to know . ’ |
| 7 | You can then either hem and gather it with shirring tape before it is fixed to the walls ; or let it gather itself naturally as you push the rods through the turned-over hems at top and bottom . |
| 8 | What I 'm talking about here are not things that are unnatural but things that er will come naturally as you relax into your presentation . |
| 9 | Apparently as you know I mean biblical criticism is a very and well people have devoted their whole lives to it , but apparently there is a , a school o of , quite a large school I think o of biblical critical that claims that there are actually two Moses and not one . |
| 10 | One of the best editing techniques is to read the piece aloud as you check it . |
| 11 | So long as you wait , I think you 've been doing this all day . |
| 12 | So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control . |
| 13 | ‘ Everything will be fine , ’ Damian drawled , ‘ so long as you relax . ’ |
| 14 | Williams J. said , ‘ In effect , ( the former husband ) says to ( the former wife ) : ‘ If you , who now owe me no duty as a wife , will agree to my stipulation , I will , so long as you observe that stipulation , pay you £6 per month . ’ |
| 15 | You can go on feeling lively and young and be as sexually attractive as you want , so long as you take care of your health . ’ |
| 16 | That was the word they used as a condition : So long as you stay balanced , darling . ’ |
| 17 | So long as you keep things above board your schemes will be tolerated , perhaps even appreciated , but do n't over-stretch your imagination as the results could border on the bizarre . |
| 18 | There is little danger from a Lionfish to yourself , so long as you keep your fingers clear of the venomous spines . |
| 19 | There is no difficulty in this whatsoever so long as you keep the silver piece level with the needles . |
| 20 | ‘ Not so long as you keep within the law . ’ |
| 21 | So long as you keep the Looms properly oiled and follow the rules you ca n't really go far wrong . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Do whatever you like , so long as you keep out of my hair . |
| 24 | But they have to call in a vet from time to time , and it 's with those farmers that I think you 'll have most success , just so long as you keep your charges low . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ So long as you don ’ give me no trouble in the interim , Mr Stein , ’ said Braithwaite , getting to his feet . |
| 26 | But the room was warm , brightly lit and by no means uncomfortable so long as you kept your eyes away from the map-like stains on the rancid blue walls or the cigarette ends and other scraps on the floor . |
| 27 | For ‘ the game ’ was one that everyone played , and that was all right so long as you took your losses without squealing . |
| 28 | It hardly matters what you are angry about , so long as you convey clearly the message that you are on the point of a serious psychotic meltdown and anyone getting in your way is liable to be no more than a bag of pimply skin and bone shards lying in a pool of blood within seconds . |
| 29 | ‘ You wo n't lose control so long as you retain over fifty per cent of the shares , ’ Adam reassured her . |
| 30 | So long as you got the question wrong you got a cabbage if you got it right you got a prize |