Example sentences of "as [pron] can [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just as long as I can spread a little happiness at whatever cost to my dignity , I will not have lived in vain . |
| 2 | I do n't know , but so long as I can cure the disease I do n't much care ! |
| 3 | Erm what I 'm doing basically is er putting on as many exhibitions as I can using the centre 's name and making sure that I 've got a good amount of my work in there , although I do n't push anybody else out . |
| 4 | As soon as I can arrange a free couple of weeks away , yep . |
| 5 | 6 As far as I can see the saxophone was invented later than the clarinet . |
| 6 | " It 's a funny thing , but as far as I can see the shipping company is the only reputable part of the whole business . |
| 7 | We do n't have any suspects , but it has to be said that as far as I can see the people with the best motive were the five permanent residents of the club . ’ |
| 8 | Well , as far as I can see the only good bit about last night was the interview on R5 with Rocky ! ! |
| 9 | Yes , well just a postscript just to show to my earlier comments , I , I think this undertaking about street lighting will be met with some clarity over wide areas of Suffolk which have never seen a street light , er as far as I can recall the last figures I saw on this suggested that if we were to er carry out all the work that er parish is required it would take forty years to er meet the er thing , so perhaps it would be advisable for , for when this promise is acting on the |
| 10 | Paul , quiet , modest and unassuming says : ‘ I do n't mind where I play as long as I can help the team . |
| 11 | He beamed at them again and Caspar was beginning to relax , because it seemed as if they might escape after all and Fenella was remembering about magic being very nearly everyday here , when Pumlumon said , ‘ Of course , that 's so long as I can remember the words . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll leave here tomorrow , as soon as I can book a flight . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm leaving as soon as I can get a taxi , ’ she told her mother very firmly . |
| 14 | ‘ Just as soon as I can get a flight to New York . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm going to have some headed notepaper as soon as I can get the laser printer printing out things that I tell it to rather than printing out Courier Ten . |
| 16 | It is quicker too , as I can knit the 60 rows in one go and do not have to stop at row 30 . |
| 17 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 18 | As I am drawing to a close , as I can find no further connections or criticisms of these two books however obvious or unobvious they may be , I would like to leave you with an appropriate quote from one of my books . |
| 19 | I have given up all idea now of going to Kings and shall make my way across the Island as quickly as I can making a call or two on the way . |
| 20 | Three grand goes a fair way among the widows and apprentices , particularly as nobody can remember the last time there was an apprentice in the village . |
| 21 | Whichever substance you use , put it on in as concentrated a form as you can using a large paint brush . |
| 22 | There are in fact more than five ways to display a date as you can alter the default settings for Long International and Short International using the command : /Worksheet , Global , Default , Other , International , Date |
| 23 | As soon as you can detect a slight swelling and reddening of the implanted bud , we have to think about diverting thrust into it — with care . |
| 24 | This is an optional group as you can leave the seniors at sixteen before moving into the adult ranks . |
| 25 | Begin increasing training intensity as soon as you can last the 20 minutes . |
| 26 | Dwarfs and miniatures are becoming increasingly popular as you can grow a large , varied collection in quite a small space . |
| 27 | Live yoghurt applied vaginally can often bring considerable relief from the itching , so long as you can contain the mess ! |
| 28 | Try to keep it as broad as you can to do the well alright then I know why it is , what 's in it for me . |
| 29 | It can also happen that a Pump Wagon is obliged to move into friendly troops , although this is rare as you can move the machine as you wish . |
| 30 | So that , erm just as you can construct a house out of bricks and mortar , and really , although the house looks very different from just bricks and mortar , it is just bricks and mortar arranged in a certain way , so the glass , the bottle , erm although it looks a very different thing from a sense experience , is really nothing more than a very complicated pattern of actual and possible sense experiences . |