Example sentences of "long as [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As long as they 'll have me . |
| 2 | so they could n't get along the roads and I think the cof the probably the funeral was put off as long as they could put it off . |
| 3 | When tough new laws are announced , it is usually with the refrain ‘ The innocent have nothing to fear , as long as they can prove it ’ . |
| 4 | As long as we can get them inside , we do n't want them outside do we ? |
| 5 | A garage would be nice and as we 've got two cars so although a garage is vital if we as long as we can get them off the road that would be an advantage |
| 6 | car it 'll do either one of them I do n't care whether you 've got a diesel engine or a petrol engine as long as it 'll get me from A to B. |
| 7 | ‘ Anythink as long as it 'll 'elp us out , ’ she wailed through her apron . |
| 8 | You can even use a word processor , as long as it will let you save the files as plain text . |
| 9 | Your here as long as he 'll let you stay |
| 10 | He was out canvassing when he encountered an old lady who was ready to vote for him as long as he could convince her about Labour Party policy on cats . |
| 11 | Getting his drift , I willingly agreed as long as he could help me out with my goalkeeper crisis . |
| 12 | Albert has scorned a stammer that he will tell you has got him into trouble on more than one occasion on the golf course ; and he emerged from brother Alfie 's shadow to partner his own Open champion — a player who at one time was reputed to throw a 5-iron almost as long as he could hit it , and who , it was told , sometimes sacked two caddies a week — to the prized claret jug . |
| 13 | For three months she went by Underground to the Wimbledon home of Elizabeth Russell where for almost as long as anyone can remember she has schooled the daughters of knights , dukes and earls in the delights of sauces , sponges and souffles . |
| 14 | But my mum 's pretty good you know what I mean she as long as I can arrange it round her she 'll arrange her arrangements around me sort of thing . |
| 15 | For twenty years his widowed mother had kept a small shop in a St Helens slum , only accepting an occasional small amount of money and putting off other help with ‘ the same naive reply : ‘ It 's very good of you , dear lad , and I appreciate it , but as long as I can manage it , I shall prefer to have my feet under my own fender . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've got a bead on him , and as long as I can hold it I 'll have him when he moves . |
| 17 | As long as I can remember we 've been up here |
| 18 | I 'm not bothered either way as long as I can read it . |
| 19 | Oh does it , I must say that 'll be nice as long as , as long as you 'll let us take . |
| 20 | ‘ As long as you can give me a lift back here this afternoon , ’ I said , establishing some ground rules . |
| 21 | Yeah well that 's not so bad as long as you can get her down at a reasonable hour and get to sleep . |
| 22 | As long as you can see them doing it , ma chère . ’ |
| 23 | As long as you make the point , and and in the as long as the quotes are grammatical , and as long as you can understand it , the the simple thing about any kind of communication is that you should communicate you know rather than you 're not trying to win the Booker Prize , are you , so just as long as you get the information over do n't worry too much about the , the journalism . |
| 24 | As long as she could remember she had heard — servant 's gossip ; visitors ' cluckings ; her grandmother denouncing the past ; Mena explaining away ; Mr James rationally doling it out ; Constanza 's open dissections . |