Example sentences of "long as she could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel was looking forward to the occasion and Gina had promised to be especially nice and polite as long as she could have one of her friends there to make up a foursome . |
| 2 | She held his gaze as long as she could . |
| 3 | She continued clapping as long as she could , hoping he 'd asked her to stay . |
| 4 | Nutty waited as long as she could . |
| 5 | But that was the way of it as long as she could remember . |
| 6 | She cried aloud in joyous elation , her body still on fire , holding on to the magical moment as long as she could . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She was now only a step away from her target , so she was n't far from getting to know him well enough to question him about his allegiance — just as long as she could keep his escort sweet , which would probably mean more bondage if that was the only way he could get his nuts off . |
| 9 | It might not be her number one priority but she had been organising people as long as she could remember . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've probably lain like that with dozens of women , ’ she threw back at him , not caring what she said as long as she could exorcise the intimate pictures still flashing through her mind . |
| 11 | There was a heady scent of rosemary and thyme in the air , and she breathed it in , feeling strangely at peace for the first time in as long as she could remember . |
| 12 | She held on to a root that jutted out from the bank , clinging to it as long as she could , then letting go with a despairing moan and sinking , shoulder deep , in the water . |
| 13 | She 'd fought the sensation as long as she could and then she 'd done something she 'd never done before , she 'd deliberately looked into the sea of faces , looked unerringly to the rear of the crowded room … |
| 14 | It was time to begin hinting at her departure ; she 'd put it off as long as she could , but it had to be done . |