Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast gardening , much as we love it , is generally a bit static . |
| 2 | Much as I regard them as a social nuisance on a par with the Orange Walk and invented by the devil to prevent churchgoers getting to church on time , I can not claim that marathons have ( yet ) been proved to kill enough people to justify banning them . |
| 3 | Much as I esteem you , I will not manipulate events for your personal gratification . ’ |
| 4 | much as I miss you |
| 5 | We would say : ‘ Much as I love you , I can not condone this behaviour . |
| 6 | Much as I love you , I do n't love you that much ! |
| 7 | That would slay me , Charles , much as I love it . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It was more like Jewish rabbinical study , where students chant the words of the Talmud aloud as they memorise them , rather than the silent , interior disciplines of a Buddhist monk . |
| 10 | One of the best editing techniques is to read the piece aloud as you check it . |
| 11 | She liked us to keep to our promise , but quite understood if the children were ill , or something else cropped up , and we got behind — so long as we let her know immediately . |
| 12 | ‘ So long as we get him out ’ — Cameron was still cagey . |
| 13 | So long as we boil it , it should be OK . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity … |
| 16 | cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it |
| 17 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | Not necessarily , since both teachers and researchers will ultimately use readability formulae for just so long as they find them of some value . |
| 22 | For as long as they continue they are the issue , rather than a grievance for which many people might instinctively have some sympathy . |
| 23 | " I do n't care chat becomes of me , So long as they sing me that sheet melody , Yip-I-Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay , Yip-I Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay . " |
| 24 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 25 | ‘ … so long as you let me in on all the details . ’ |
| 26 | But I said , alright , well we 'll consider it , so long as you let us quote for the rest of the business . |
| 27 | So long as you let us know , we can arrange for someone else to . |
| 28 | They want rearing and all that , they want to rear you see but so long as you get them settled and stand on them do anything , keep them down . |
| 29 | and sharpened up with typical 20th-century cynicism by the American lyricist Stephen Sondheim : I 've got those " God why do n't you love me , oh you do I 'll see you later " blues , That " long as you ignore me , you 're the only thing that matters " feeling , That " if I 'm good enough for you , you 're not good enough " And " thank you for the present but what 's wrong with it ? " stuff . |
| 30 | Kinnock 's more realistic reply was : ‘ That 's fine , Nick , so long as you help me get to Downing Street first . ’ |