Example sentences of "for so [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why I did n't try to do more than this for so many months is an important question which I need to make some attempt to answer . |
| 2 | He never realised , on that eventful day , that she would ‘ come into my arms ’ ( as he put it ) and stay there for so many years , adding in no small degree to the legends of love which keep the world sane and hopeful . |
| 3 | A cumulative succession of nasty surprises has dealt a further destructive blow to an advantage Mr Lawson has enjoyed for so many years that he may have come to taken it for granted : the effect on expectations of confident and respected official forecasting . |
| 4 | It was a biography of Timothy Dalton , the actor who plays James Bond — the epitome of adventure and excitement for so many . |
| 5 | The final curtain as it was for so many cinemas at this time , before they became cash and carry warehouses for bowls and colanders , brushes , clothes pegs , cloths and uncountable tons of things being produced in orange plastic . |
| 6 | Once upon a time Fenna had brooded on a hoard for so many years and with such desire that it had quickened and grown , diamonds breeding and bringing up their young under his weight . |
| 7 | Surely here , with day-long sunshine , there is no need for so many , and surely they just add to heat and water losses ? |
| 8 | Gironella 's choice of Veláquez 's Mariana as the basis for so many of his works is worth considering in more detail . |
| 9 | The land which they had loved and tended for so many generations — to survive off this land was the aim of their lives , the justification for all struggles . |
| 10 | That 's why sports cars went through such doldrums for so many years too , and shy we think of the sudden plethora of ‘ traditional ’ small sports cars as a sports car ‘ revival ’ . |
| 11 | For so many British children , growing up in an inner city area could mean missing out on so many things they need to grow up healthy and secure . |
| 12 | She was forced time and again to face the fact that , for so many of those into whose care she was put , it was just a job . |
| 13 | It only became a moot point because David was a meal ticket for so many people . |
| 14 | Olive oil is the classic ingredient for so many fine dishes . |
| 15 | It may be , too , that the small independents , squeezed for so many years , are starting to fight back . |
| 16 | Being able to say these difficult , and intensely private things to her mother before the funeral was the trigger she wanted to be able to grieve genuinely and begin to feel the loss of her mother , rather than nurse the resentment she had had for so many years . |
| 17 | For example , the bend in the lower spine of humans which is responsible for so many back pains exists because our ancestors were quadrupeds and we have only recently started standing upright . |
| 18 | By her own faultless example Queen Elizabeth II has strengthened that mystical bond which has directed our nation , through thick and thin , for so many centuries . |
| 19 | This was the equation that spelt disaster for so many of the Body & Face Place franchisees . |
| 20 | ‘ But I feel dismay , sorrow , for so many people in our country who do not share this personal good fortune and who as a result of further years of Tory government will experience further disadvantage . |
| 21 | Amphibians in the wild are food for so many other animals that it is not surprising that they do not always show themselves well even in confinement . |
| 22 | How did Blake manage to keep this in his cell undetected for so many months ? |
| 23 | The white elephant had finally emerged from the confusion behind which its promoters had concealed it for so many years . |
| 24 | I can not explain this sentiment unless it was that I observed that the members of the household appeared not to have perfectly learned their parts and also that having seen and known the Emperor for so many years in such a totally different position , his present one looked like a dream or a play ; but when each actor becomes acclimatized by time it will be a magnificent Court , with a Sovereign who will command the attention of all Europe . |
| 25 | ‘ When a person has been underground for so many years it 's a new lease of life ’ ; ‘ it 's just a grand feeling . ’ |
| 26 | Here many problems arise , for so many ethnic boats are now ruined by heavy outboard motors which weight the air with the smell of diesel fumes , and dispel any feeling of paradise . |
| 27 | None of the television which Boy watched for so many hours made sense in a conventional way , because he watched television as if it was one continuous programme . |
| 28 | The room was filled with books from the Library at Broadcasting House , the BBC headquarters , and the Langham Hotel opposite , which the BBC occupied for so many years . |
| 29 | It was the least one could do in gratitude for so many years of loyal friendship , and the only basis on which that friendship could continue . |
| 30 | It followed the track it had followed for so many years , awakened the parties to rage , apathy and contempt in precisely the usual places and ended , as it always did , in a drawn game . |