Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] long as [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly Charley 's hair was as long as hers , blonder and curlier too . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , very well , ’ he said wearily ; he might have known that it was useless to argue with McAllister — her tongue was as long as her will was strong . |
| 3 | In fact Nathaniel had grown into a dissolute of considerable proportions by the time Dowd entered his employ , and could not have cared less what kind of creature Dowd was as long as he procured the right kind of company . |
| 4 | Bernard loved moving , and they had now spent nearly five years at Rhydoldog which was as long as he liked to spend anywhere . |
| 5 | Two minutes in any one house was as long as you dared allow if the last half-dozen dinners were n't to be stone-cold . |
| 6 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 7 | Ingrid had been given a month to complete her mission , which was as long as it would take the Navy to organise a commando raid . |