Example sentences of "[conj] as [adj] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | But I know enough about myself to know that as long as I get eight hours sleep I 'm alright ’ . |
2 | I get the ridiculous idea that as long as I walk normally and do n't start running , he will wait there , to see what I do . |
3 | ‘ They told me that as long as I did not rush back too quickly , I should have another four or five years . |
4 | The debt counsellor said that as long as I paid all the money I was getting from Social Security for the house , they could n't take it away from us . |
5 | He sobbed as he added : ‘ I shall never forget that as long as I live . |
6 | I 've never ever I say this very proudly , been in debt and as long as I 've earned enough money to live , I 've never bothered to put any on one side strict , you know , strictly speaking and I 've been happy to er live and er that 's how I 've lived me life . |
7 | Both places had latches and as long as I got ten yards ' start on him , I could slam the door shut and slip my half clothes-peg under the latch — I always carried a half clothes-peg for the purpose — and no matter how much he blasphemed and kicked at the door he could n't get in . |
8 | and as long as I reply |
9 | But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play . |
10 | But as long as I go on improving and enjoying myself I 'll play . |
11 | ‘ I think they would both probably only tell me after the event about having sex for the first time but as long as I have helped prepare them they wo n't do anything silly . |
12 | Once again I shall see how the pudding eats , but as long as I live , I shall never now forget that ‘ strange things happen . ’ |