Example sentences of "as [adj] as [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said it was n't as good as good as they thought it was gon na be , everyone told me it was brilliant . |
| 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 | Dinah paid no heed ; as long as they kept her on , she could put up with whatever came . |
| 4 | They and three charwomen at Wolverton kept their ‘ perks ’ as long as they retained their positions , at the prevailing salaries , but no longer . |
| 5 | There were no squabbles … as long as they did everything the same as anybody else and paid their fees , which were exactly the same . |
| 6 | As long as they paid their dues , they did not suffer interference from the Ixmarites . |
| 7 | I 'd play for them or write out any song they wanted to learn as long as they gave me ten or fifteen minutes worth of scales and exercises first . ’ |
| 8 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 9 | Erm , well we let them and again we brought out the demonstrator and we let them touch condoms erm do anything they wanted with them as long as we got them back . |
| 10 | But … but , as Mama said , as long as we kept it clean and it was only for a short time … |
| 11 | Others may have had a succession of live-in boy or girl friends , lasting as long as it suited them both . |
| 12 | However , the natives , who had known yasak , or alman , before the Russians arrived on the scene , and regarded it as a payment by a vanquished people to its conqueror , in the time-honoured manner would pay only as long as it suited them . |
| 13 | There must have been a lot of that sort of thing , when you come to think about it : tolerating ideological undesirables as long as it suited your own book — not that National Socialism had much ideology beyond being first at the trough . |
| 14 | ‘ I could live an ascetic life , lad , as long as it included plenty of whisky and tobacco . ’ |
| 15 | It were this greyish thing you know , if I got , as long as I got my car warmed up it took frost , i ice off of window . |
| 16 | I realised that I could have her full attention as long as I caught her interest , and I could only do this by telling the truth , for she could no more be bothered with the niceties of drawing-room small-talk than could a fox . |
| 17 | As long as I maintained my own security . |
| 18 | As long as you had your mam ! |
| 19 | As long as you fed him plenty , he would be most cooperative . |
| 20 | ‘ Not much there but as long as you followed my instructions it will do . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well as long as you enjoyed it , ’ he said — as if he had n't , at all — but he looked pleased , all the same . |
| 22 | ‘ Only as long as you knew I would n't let you . ’ |
| 23 | If your letter is not delivered on the first working day after your posted it — as long as you posted it in time to get there — then we automatically refund your fee . |
| 24 | As long as he had her , he could work and make money and perform , which is what he is all about . ’ |
| 25 | You know as long as he had his pint and his food he d he was n't bothered . |
| 26 | She saw Penry 's eyes on the silver brooch on her shoulder , knew he was remembering their time together on the island , and for a moment she was tempted to throw herself into his arms , to assure him that nothing mattered as long as he loved her , Leonora Fox , not Melanie . |
| 27 | He had carte blanche as long as he revived our fortunes — luckily he knew I was the station 's biggest asset . |
| 28 | It was as if poets owed an explanation to the audience for being what they were , to bring creatures apart down to the level of ordinary folks ; as if the poet might be indulged his little failings and eccentricities as long as he allowed himself to be democratically mauled in public by thoughtless questioners or — even worse , much worse — by fellow-poets or by those who had poetic pretensions and who found in ‘ question time ’ an opportunity to assuage their jealousy or seek revenge for their own incompetence and mediocrity . |
| 29 | He knew , he said , that he was just an ordinary farmer 's son and she was a famous Beauty , known the county over , never a word spoken against her even by the men who bivouacked up in the fells — but he would have no-one else and would wait just as long as she told him to . |
| 30 | You 're like your mother in some ways , she did n't care who she hurt , just as long as she got what she wanted . |