Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] so long " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on : ‘ We 're going to have a jolly good time after waiting so long for this . ’ |
| 2 | They can work down an excellent tilth after ploughing so long as there is no unrotted turf . |
| 3 | He reckoned he had picked the wrong waves at the Hard Rock at Sunset , and was worn down by the sheer hard labour of surfing so long in such arduous conditions . |
| 4 | Doth not the good father in short time , either by his coughing or spitting or testiness … become troublesome either to his own son or to his nice daughter-in-law , with continuing so long chargeable and so much waited-on , or to the children , with taking up their room at the fire or at the table , or to the servants , while his slow eating doth scant their reversions ? |
| 5 | He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’ |
| 6 | Thus , for example , in regard to proceedings in court , the mere absence of UK qualifications will not disqualify an EC lawyer from acting so long as he is instructed with and acts in conjunction with a UK lawyer . |
| 7 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 8 | ‘ And there was I , in Prague , thinking that you would n't discuss the interview then and there because you were drained from working so long without a break . ’ |
| 9 | On previous tasks he has usually been on the cordon ringing the incident that the EOD team has been involved with , and cursing them for taking so long . |
| 10 | So often , I have watched people pick over one of our litters , sometimes nervous or apologetic for taking so long . |
| 11 | By waiting so long , it has made itself vulnerable to a systemic collapse . |