Example sentences of "[conj] long [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As long as I kept just over 80mph I reckoned that , even in a red Porsche , the traffic police would turn a blind eye . |
| 2 | In ex-army gear I would n't be seen , as long as I kept still , sitting on my hands , pale face buried in a heather clump , but those long heads that rose between rasping bites of coarse grass had twitching noses that never stopped their search for the enemy — a very efficient sort of olfactory radar . |
| 3 | As long as I remain detached from you , I see your actions as aids or obstacles to mine , as means to my ends . |
| 4 | ‘ Now then , as your duly elected leader , let me assure you that I am always working tirelessly on your behalf , and I will continue to do so as long as I remain your duly elected leader . |
| 5 | As long as I had a sympathetic host , of course . |
| 6 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 7 | Setback ‘ I do n't mind where I go as long as I get an opportunity with one of their clubs . |
| 8 | As long as I get up in the morning . |
| 9 | I hope so , as long as I get a sleep at night , I do n't care what you 're giving me . |
| 10 | Apparently as long as I get it on a P C disk , five inch |
| 11 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
| 12 | I do n't care , as long as I get my money . |
| 13 | ah Chris , it does n't matter as long as I get , I just this is there 's nothing on those tapes by the way |
| 14 | As long as I get good erm GCSE 's . |
| 15 | which is why I said to him that yeah he can have a new computer , he can get what he , you know what he wants as long as I get my bedroom done |
| 16 | yes , that 's right , yes or six , six , two , I do n't really care , as long as I get fourteen it does n't really bother me |
| 17 | Perhaps somebody 's working at Kingston , as long as I get a trial . |
| 18 | I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all . |
| 19 | I 'm going to sacrifice maybe holidays this year , and maybe have a couple of long weekend breaks , as long as I earn enough to keep my head above water and to pay my way in life for the next twelve months , keep my family fed and watered I 'm Okay , then I 'm going to take stock in twelve months ' time . |
| 20 | I began to see that my fear about Mary obscuring Christ was not soundly based as long as I keep to the parameters of Scripture . |
| 21 | As long as I keep my cool , I 'm in control . |
| 22 | ‘ You mean as long as I clean the bath , he or she will leave me in peace , right ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Some people have wanted to sack me almost as long as I remember , ’ he said . |
| 24 | This place will always be here for her to come home to as long as I breathe . ’ |
| 25 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
| 26 | It were this greyish thing you know , if I got , as long as I got my car warmed up it took frost , i ice off of window . |
| 27 | No , I do n't mind where I sit as long as I got a seat , ha , ha . |
| 28 | I can get about a bit , I 'm not er hobbling as much , as l as long as I take my time I 'm not too bad . |
| 29 | As long as I stay confined to this moral nihilism , the single unquestioned imperative will be to act intelligently , and in particular to be aware of objective conditions , of those obstinate facts about external difficulties and my own limitations which thwart my efforts unless I recognize and adapt myself to them . |
| 30 | It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we |