Example sentences of "be so [adv] since " in BNC.
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1 | It 's been so ever since I 've known her — she was the eldest , and felt herself a mother to the pair of them . |
2 | It has not been so long since the average chartered or company secretary was something of an eminence grise , rather than being in the front-line . |
3 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
4 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
5 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
6 | The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be . |
7 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
8 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
9 | When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’ |
10 | A wag in the crowd quipped that it is so long since they have been in evidence , police enquiries are being hampered because no one can name or describe them . |
11 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
12 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
13 | ‘ I ca n't remember what it 's like to be drunk , ’ said O'Toole some years after taking the pledge , ‘ it 's so long since a drink passed my lips . |
14 | ‘ It 's so long since anything was done here , the place is cluttered with storm damage . |
15 | He says it 's so long since he saw you and the girls that he wo n't know you . |
16 | It 's so long since she has seen him . ’ |
17 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
18 | somehow in the drama , even though it 's so long since he passed away . |
19 | It was so long since he 'd wanted someone like this . |
20 | ‘ I have n't got it , ’ he said , and it was so long since he 'd last spoken that the first words came hoarse and harsh , like the sound of some animal . |
21 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
22 | It was so long since he had taken an interest in anything . |