Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A meeting of all the tourists would be summoned straightaway ( Ashenden felt a pair of unblinking blue eyes upon him ) — summoned to meet somewhere in the hotel ( the Manager nodded again — the St John 's Suite was free ) , and Morse himself would then address the group and tell them as much or as little as he wanted to tell them , believing , he admitted , that Rumour had probably lost little of her sprinting speed since Virgil 's time , and that most of the tourists already had a pretty good idea of what had happened . |
| 2 | She said she thought it was all right as long as he had squared the matter with his own family . |
| 3 | Alistair spent a long time on the covering note to Sixsmith — almost as long as he had spent on Offensive from Quasar 13 . |
| 4 | But it was his duty to suffer , if only vicariously , with his people , and as long as he had any strength left he would fulfil his duty as he saw it . |
| 5 | The number was useless to him as long as he had no address to go with it . |
| 6 | But she was afraid , of her own wild reaction to him , acutely conscious that he would be utterly merciless in taking advantage of it as long as he had no respect for her . |
| 7 | You know as long as he had his pint and his food he d he was n't bothered . |
| 8 | Peter Rogers , who produced all the movies , told me that he said that as long as he had enough money to keep himself and his mother he was happy . |
| 9 | As long as he had her , he could work and make money and perform , which is what he is all about . ’ |
| 10 | As long as he became rich , it did n't matter . |
| 11 | BILLY Connolly 's got his out-of-work wife Pam a job in the circus — as long as he agrees to tear the tickets . |
| 12 | He explains his situation to a mysterious guest , who promises to return his wife to him as long as he agrees to ask her no questions about where she has been ( Eliot later located his source for this in Alcestis , although that is really only of importance to him ) . |
| 13 | The Pitman yard , which has done so well in this race — one winner , a second and two thirds since 1983 — believe he will adapt to the unique Aintree fences , and as long as he copes with the first few , they feel he must go close . |
| 14 | Treated as a wayward child who at the same time was exceedingly precocious , he was considerably indulged as long as he continued to sow confusion in Rommel 's back yard . |
| 15 | St Antonino of Florence felt that the professional soldier could not fight in a war the justice of which was not above doubt , nor could he be given absolution as long as he continued to fight in that cause . |
| 16 | But after Monaco , a real miracle did occur : Stanley said to forget the rest of the payments to the team — as long as he agreed to stay two seasons more . |
| 17 | The captain can interpret the records as he wishes as long as he maintains a certain standard . |
| 18 | I told him , ’ she patted the bulge affectionately , ‘ as long as he stays put until we 're ready . ’ |
| 19 | As long as he stays , stays behind the ball then he 's allowed to do that . |
| 20 | ‘ Then it got a little better and as long as he knew Andre was close by , he felt secure . |
| 21 | Like most stalkers or abductors , Clegg is friendless and unknown and can stay with Miranda as long as he pleases , as no one would miss him . |
| 22 | That 's an issue he 'd surely hold close between the two of them as long as he thought no absolute harm had come of it . |
| 23 | As long as he operates within the law , nobody seems to suggest that an obstetrician or other medical practitioner should provide his services free , or that receiving a fee makes either his motives or his reliability suspect ; and clinics can legally be run for profit . |
| 24 | Mr Watson said : ‘ It is the intention of Coun Garvey as long as he retains control of his private prosecution to seek that it be directed to the crown court on the basis that the allegation against him is heading towards the crown court and it would be sensible to have the two alleged criminal acts tried arising out of the same incident tried before the same court . ’ |
| 25 | As long as he gets his food and sleep — ‘ and a bit of show jumping in between ’ — he is quite content . |
| 26 | You think it could possibly be , and it may well be , some rep , in his car , rushing from here to there , do n't give a toss about anybody else , as long as he gets where he wants to go . |
| 27 | He replied that it did n't matter a damn about that as long as he got the fish on the bank . |
| 28 | He took a pride in his job and he did n't mind how many hours he put in as long as he got paid for them . |
| 29 | Carson said that in theory his own place was within the flood basin , but there had never been any trouble as long as he 'd lived there ; places right on the towpath used to get flooded regularly when the tide was high . |
| 30 | They will probably keep on asking , as long as he avoids giving them a clear answer . |