Example sentences of "as long [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No indeed , ’ Bull O'Malley protested , ‘ yerself and Malachi are welcome to stay as long as ye like . ’ |
| 2 | Or as long as they said nothing , I 'd say nothing ; or if they started talking , I 'd say , ‘ Listen , inside you or get about your business . ’ |
| 3 | Well I mean to say as long as they last him . |
| 4 | So I said they could look at it as long as they made up their own minds and I was n't involved . |
| 5 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |
| 6 | At the same time , some people also said that although they were aware that they may face an early death , they also felt fortunate to have lived as long as they had . |
| 7 | Women would have the right to an abortion during the first 12 weeks of their pregnancy as long as they had first received non-binding counselling . |
| 8 | As the law stands the squatters had legal rights to live in their home as long as they had not forced entry . |
| 9 | Mr Fallon said he had talked to the longest serving officials in his department who said the expansion rule had been in place as long as they had been there . |
| 10 | The ‘ temptations ’ of the jazz era in London 's West End , especially to Cup finalists , were a real danger , and Chapman constantly reminded his players that ‘ they only count as long as they retain their form on the field ’ . |
| 11 | These males are still in their bright nuptial plumage and as long as they retain it they maintain the high levels of vigilance observed when accompanying their females . |
| 12 | They 're not poor , powerless people , they can make you wait as long as they like . ’ |
| 13 | The lethal message is that those who have AIDs can engage in sex as long as they use a condom . |
| 14 | The trainees ' responses , with guidance , may provide enough sound material for discussion as long as they cover the main points of the text . |
| 15 | As long as they pretend they have no alliance , none of the four needs say a word about the share-buying . |
| 16 | I not too bothered that Scum Could get to the league cup final and FA cup final ( as long as they lose ) , I hope they do with several replays along the way . |
| 17 | erm so therefore as long as they take their history |
| 18 | Dinah paid no heed ; as long as they kept her on , she could put up with whatever came . |
| 19 | It was an obvious-looking deception , and should n't have had a hope in hell of working ; but the girls were mostly young and good-looking , and their prey were mostly out-of-towners , and as long as they kept shifting their ground the money kept on coming in . |
| 20 | Hindley did not care what they did , as long as they kept out of his way , and they did not care even if he punished them . |
| 21 | As long as they kept on churning out those classics the packed house followed the example set by the 40-plusers in the front row , whooping , clapping , and dancing in the aisles . |
| 22 | He often struck me as the kind of wide boy one found in England right after the war , people who made deals of the spivvier sort and did n't care who went down as long as they went up . |
| 23 | ‘ Why should terrorists care what it looks like — as long as they get their money , or whatever they 're after ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ As long as they get me past the post . ’ |
| 25 | As long as they get some exposure to written language , most learners will acquire at least a modicum of literacy . |
| 26 | Crane driver , television tubes , light bulbs , do you know these bulbs er , they used to come er , we used t they used to be made here , they used to be sent over to Holland and the brass bit used to be put in and the element inside and they used to go over there in cardboard boxes all loose and there used to be hundreds of them broken , they did n't , they did n't worry about it , as long as they , they reckon that as long as they get twenty five percent a hold they were satisfied and they were just in ordinary boxes , no paper in or nothing , just all loose . |
| 27 | Goodey has reported and concluded , that as long as they get their hundred per cent minimum requirement they can still go on their contribution holidays , and many and my scheme members feel that this is just a it 's a freebie as far as they 're concerned and scheme members do n't do not benefit from the surplus and they would like to have seen or preferred to have seen |
| 28 | Denis Smith says there 's no match you can bank on for points but as long as they get results they do n't care where they come from . |
| 29 | You can break it but the thing is that I warned her , er , you know , as long as they get through to her hold on that that 's very nicely set up if she twiddles her |
| 30 | Most either thought it did n't matter as long as they got relief for their tension and frustration and saw it as a way of keeping the peace , but some were trying through women 's groups or assertion therapy to express themselves more honestly . |