Example sentences of "so long as [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men like Pericles controlled policy not through any power vested in them but only so long as they could persuade the people . |
| 2 | They were even willing to occupy pre-moulded nests so long as they could carry out their normal movements before laying . |
| 3 | As far as they were concerned , and like most Arab players in the narcotics game , the DEA was welcome to play one side off against another , so long as they could watch safely from the sidelines . |
| 4 | And , and were prepared to do the work so long as they could get the say so from erm the Highways Authority . |
| 5 | Just so long as they could finish this stupid game and get on to his answer . |
| 6 | We knew we were safe , so long as they could n't spot individuals and target them for later , and in the darkness the Danuese let the malais know what they thought of them . |
| 7 | ‘ So long as one could avoid the wretched cliché : girl impeded , hero dangerously tarrying . |
| 8 | Therefore he keeps walking , ‘ thinking of nothing so long as he could refrain from thinking ’ . |
| 9 | The coalition has rightly been ready to run these risks to get Iraq out of Kuwait ; but so long as it could achieve that central aim , how much better to do so without further fear of all the weapons in a tyrant 's armoury . |
| 10 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 11 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 12 | Nobody destroys me , and nobody was going to destroy Johnnie so long as I could sit by his bed — some of his family tried to stop me — and will my life force into him . ’ |
| 13 | He felt warm and solid , safe , and , so long as she could n't see the mockery that sometimes filled his eyes , she could pretend , could n't she ? |
| 14 | This was followed by an interview between the President and Von Papen : and I can not help thinking that , during their conversation together , the former must have assured the latter that , so long as she could hold out against Allied demands , Turkey would abstain from hostile action towards Germany . |
| 15 | She was perfectly happy to live like a student twenty years after art college , anything so long as she could paint . |