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can have a place as long as
Lee asked how this would affect Marina's tenure, and I said she can have a place as long as they have need for it."
— from Warren Commission (09 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

can have a pedigree as long as
"That means landlord-ancestry; as for tenant-ancestry, one can have a pedigree as long as the Maison de Levis.
— from The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

can hold a pen as long as
As long as he can hold a pen, as long as he has a moment of solitude, this echo of himself still claims his meditation, still represents to him his converse with his God.
— from Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel by Henri Frédéric Amiel

could hold animals powerless as long as
Her eyes narrowed into that strange look of hers which the people of Güstrow declared was like a serpent's gaze, and could hold animals powerless as long as it was directed upon them.
— from A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)

cruisers holding a position a little ahead
They copied the British manœuvre and steered a parallel course to the British cruisers, holding a position a little ahead of them.
— from The Invasion of 1910, with a full account of the siege of London by William Le Queux

can have a pedigree as long as
"That means landlord ancestry; as for tenant ancestry, one can have a pedigree as long as the Maison de Levis.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

charity hospitals almshouses poorhouses and lunatic asylums
of the inmates of such establishments as county infirmaries, charity hospitals, almshouses, poorhouses and lunatic asylums.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, January 1885, No. 4 by Chautauqua Institution


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