Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] so [adv] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They sit only so long as they continue to hold episcopal office . |
| 2 | my copy of the constitution that I filed away so neatly when I received that months ago . |
| 3 | and they 've done ever so well cos they did all Cos of course we had fine whether last week , they got everything done , and then it poured at the weekend but they were n't there , and now they 're back on site the weather 's cheered up again . |
| 4 | Most ceremonies take place in a synagogue , but can be performed anywhere so long as they are under a chuppah ( wedding canopy ) . |
| 5 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 6 | A tail-wheel with a rubber tyre will resist skidding sideways over tarmac , but it will not grip quite so well when it is bouncing over rough grass . |
| 7 | ‘ I knew that my horse was capable of running well so long as he was all right . |
| 8 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 9 | How could he stand there so innocently when he 'd abused me ? |
| 10 | There are increasing demands that the central institutions of the EEC should be reduced to a minimal role , that Member States should be allowed to integrate only so far as they wish , and that it should be possible for a country to remain within a European free-trade zone , but outside a politically united federation — as Norway , Iceland and the other Efta states have done since the establishment of the EEA . |
| 11 | Although the skirt panels look perfectly flat when seen on air , in reality they follow varying angles to the original base vertical planes , bending ever so slightly as they rise up from the fender section to join up at the midriff . |
| 12 | But the relief of the husband from the obligation of maintenance continues only so long as she voluntarily remains absent . |
| 13 | Our knowledge is bounded by our ideas , and extends only so far as they are ideas of real essences . |
| 14 | We succumbed to temptation once , Bernard , but I 'm sure Mary will forgive just so long as we never , ever do it again . ’ |