Example sentences of "so long [subord] [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that is n't so long since they 'd seen her |
| 2 | It was so long since he had taken an interest in anything . |
| 3 | It was so long since he 'd wanted someone like this . |
| 4 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 5 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
| 6 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 7 | It 's so long since she has seen him . ’ |
| 8 | She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now . |
| 9 | ‘ I know you mean well , love , ’ he wrote , ‘ but Maureen and Chris have managed for so long because they have kept it so low key . |
| 10 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
| 11 | All members of the company ( though not its secretary ) must be qualified solicitors , and there are special provisions to apply when a member dies or is struck off the roll or otherwise loses his qualification to practise , which in essence provide that such member 's shares become non-voting so long as they remain registered in unqualified hands , and only qualified solicitors will be able to vote as proxies . |
| 12 | Not so long as we 've got the stuff . |
| 13 | Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him . |
| 14 | ( 4 ) An applicant shall not be treated as having failed to comply with subsection ( 2 ) ( b ) above if the notice is , without any fault or intention of his , removed , obscured or defaced before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , so long as he has taken reasonable steps for its protection and , if need be , replacement . |
| 15 | So long as it had appeared to be an alternative force to the Labour party , he kept clear . |
| 16 | There 's also a guy called Ron Tyson who collects every magazine article ever written about Hendrix … so long as it 's got Hendrix on the front cover . |
| 17 | I do n't care if it 's a rubbish route so long as it 's got an E-number . |
| 18 | So long as I 've got somebody now there 's nobody along here . |
| 19 | You 've lost your ships , you 've lost your friends in Ireland , you 've lost the Lady Emma and the active support of the Pope , but you 're still strong enough to stop Harald of Norway from using you as a base , and you 're no threat to Wessex so long as you get rid of those Normans . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Anyhow , it does n't really matter what you use so long as you 've got the right top . ’ |
| 21 | SO LONG AS YOU 'VE GOT YOUR ELF , THAT 'S THE MAIN THING ! |
| 22 | That 's capitalism and you , so long as you 've got buyers and sellers you get this antagonism of interest between buyers and sellers . |
| 23 | If they are lost or stolen , you can recover their value so long as you have kept a note of their numbers separately . |