Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] so long " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For those who think that this is window dressing , I pause to remind you that not so long ago the Lord Chancellor was himself the subject of judicial review proceedings , ’ he added . |
| 2 | To think that not so long ago I had been one of these creatures , peddling off through the drizzle to a dead-end job ! |
| 3 | I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man . |
| 4 | The reason I 'm telling you all this is that not so long ago the PD scene seemed to be in decline . |
| 5 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 6 | It 's a challenge all the more remarkable for the fact that not so long ago jetting off on holiday made her weak at the knees … |
| 7 | ‘ Her young man was taken prisoner at Dunkirk and not so long ago her father was badly hurt in the Clydeside blitz , but you 'd never know it . ’ |
| 8 | This was long enough to become an expert by American standards , but not so long the life force would be sucked out of me . ’ |
| 9 | But not so long ago , it looked as though the tough-talking Aussie would be a victim of market forces as his Sky satellite TV station appeared doomed to failure . |
| 10 | But not so long ago they were actually sails and had to be put up and taken down like the sails of a ship . |
| 11 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 12 | The list of sins , venial and otherwise , was long , but not so long as to come as a surprise . |