Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] it 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't sleep you 're actually providing your own sleep deprivation and you say hey , next thing you know I really will be falling down the stairs ! but he does n't seem to get the joke and then it 's back to the cell and then the interview room with the barred , opaqued windows so you ca n't see out and they switch on the tape-machine recording everything as usual and it 's getting more bizarre ; they get me to do a Michael Caine voice ! |
| 2 | got one exactly the same as that except it 's wooden . |
| 3 | It 's as stark as that and it 's a nonsense . |
| 4 | It was er advertised in the er it 's advertised in the paper , and when I saw it there well , I er recordings from as many places as possible and it 's an ideal opportunity |
| 5 | And then it 's not spelt the same way as this when it 's on a boat |
| 6 | Oh , we could have give that one to Reg as well but it 's a bit busted up . |
| 7 | ‘ With this I can buy anything I like as long as it 's food from suppliers approved by the Home Office , ’ Lamb says . |
| 8 | ‘ Anywhere — as long as it 's not Moyalla . |
| 9 | Or if it 's not being entertaining , coming away absolutely hating or loving it — as long as it 's some sort of reaction . |
| 10 | I am willing to fail any dope test be it verbal , non-verbal , as long as it 's after this year 's London Marathon . |
| 11 | Manufacturers , flushed with success over their pink fluffy man campaign , and greedy with the realisation that they can make hill-walkers wear anything as long as it 's described as a technological breakthrough , are sitting in their factories dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to sell us . |
| 12 | As long as it 's First Class .. . |
| 13 | ‘ As long as it 's not already too late . ’ |
| 14 | You may end up in the red , but as long as it 's not by too much , you 're less likely to have rows about it . ’ |
| 15 | ROBBEN FORD It 's a case of ‘ any colour you like as long as it 's blues ’ on this astounding musician 's new album … |
| 16 | As Henry Ford put it , ‘ You can have any colour you like as long as it 's black , ’ and the same goes for Vox 's coffin-bodied Phantom XII . |
| 17 | I love to see water , as long as it 's not dripping down walls , and Vince 's sitting room juts out over the Thames . |
| 18 | CORNED BEEF : As long as it 's not infected with botulism ( which is pretty rare ) , corned beef is sterile from the tin and so it 's unusual to find high bug counts . |
| 19 | ‘ You need a job , ’ said Joe , ‘ so never mind what you have to wear , as long as it 's not fig leaves . |
| 20 | The crayons can be sharpened in an ordinary sharpener as long as it 's designed to take the thicker pencils or crayons . |
| 21 | ‘ Just as long as it 's out of here , ’ Alice said . |
| 22 | Lipcon figures DEC will have this desktop-to-datacentre panoply by first quarter of 1994 as long as it 's only uniprocessors . |
| 23 | It does n't matter what you send us , as long as it 's your own work , it 's an original idea ( or an enhancement of an old one ) and you 've tested it thoroughly . |
| 24 | If the ball is too far away to trap normally , just press and release the fire button — as long as it 's too low for a diving header , you 'll execute a sliding tackle . |
| 25 | Erm , I , it 's not the shooting is , most certainly , as long as it 's with a a qualified marksman |
| 26 | Anything you do is accepted as long as it 's not interfering with children . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't mind , ’ he said , ‘ as long as it 's strong and there 's plenty of it . ’ |
| 28 | As she put it , ‘ as long as it 's warm when the children get home , I 'm not bothered about myself ( Ritchie , 1990 , p. 36 ) . |
| 29 | " Never mind , darling , " Stephen said , " as long as it 's what you want . |
| 30 | As long as it 's not next to er Domestos |