Example sentences of "as it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said the RA expected it to be long campaign but were prepared to give it as long as it took to secure their aims . |
| 2 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 3 | As many times as it took to kill . |
| 4 | This means that the value of a firm would indeed rise as it took on more debt because it was paying less of its earnings out to the taxman . |
| 5 | It will take a second Pearl Harbor for the Americans to realise how inefficient the NSA really is , just as it took the Falklands War of 1982 to reveal the deficiencies at GCHQ . |
| 6 | Why did he spend his life making films that would be forgotten almost as quickly as it took to make them ? |
| 7 | Until the age restrictions were introduced in secondary schools , it was not uncommon for boys to continue at school as long as it took — even until twenty-two or so . |
| 8 | Few people noticed the event as it took place in an uninhabited part of Kamchatcka and caused no known casualties . |
| 9 | It is now six months since the report was handed in to the Department of Industry — as long as it took to prepare the report in the first place . |
| 10 | ‘ Five minutes — as long as it took to accept that it was a fact of life and then find my lawyer 's phone number . ' ’ |
| 11 | He said the atmosphere at each gathering had been one of calm , loving concern , and this would continue for as long as it took to get the children home . |
| 12 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 13 | Stuart Taylor was lucky enough to be on RF325 as it took its last bow . |
| 14 | There was one last bit of excitement for ten-year-old Prince William on the flight home yesterday when he was allowed into the cockpit of the British Airways Airbus as it took off from Zurich . |
| 15 | Their common aim is to help introduce a more just and democratic society ; to bring into being the social transformation that was announced by the government as it took over the leadership of the newly independent Zimbabwe in 1980 . |
| 16 | … She told herself she was going to wait — as long as it took — then choose . |
| 17 | This too had to be curbed on cost grounds , along with plans for two monolithic block-like structures , within the control room , which would darken to black as the ship landed , and fill with light as it took off . |
| 18 | He stayed for as long as it took him to finish his beer . |
| 19 | Although the enclosure movement in all these forms was the last great revolution in the English landscape , radically changing much of the countryside as it took place , it also gave us a landscape which is aesthetically much more pleasing to most people . |
| 20 | The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions took temporary workers on board insofar as it took steps to develop a coherent policy on their use for recommendation to affiliated unions ( see IRS , 1986b ) . |
| 21 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |
| 22 | This burst of energy was worthwhile as it took us to Waterston Ridge and a level stretch of track . |
| 23 | Only just as long as it took to get a licence . ’ |
| 24 | The national state , as it took shape in Western Europe , controlled a well-defined , continuous territory ; it was relatively centralized ; it was clearly differentiated from other organizations ; and it reinforced its claims by gradually acquiring a monopoly of the means of physical coercion within its territory . |
| 25 | Why not go along with Luke 's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink ? |
| 26 | This however was no ordinary wedding as it took place on the Healthcare annual incentive to Mexico . |
| 27 | She had gone up to her room now as if she was simply going to sit there and wait for as long as it took , and when the plane disappeared from sight Maggie went to find her . |
| 28 | From some different world , she heard the bird 's song cease abruptly in mid-trill , and the startled flutter of its wings as it took flight , followed by the soft rustle of a breeze through the bushes . |
| 29 | The rope beside Grant went taut and began to give off creaking noises of friction at the point where it disappeared over the edge of the stone coping , as it took the weight of the climbing man below . |
| 30 | A fire was started on the ground floor , and , as it took hold , they ransacked offices and piled furniture and documents on a bonfire in the square outside . |