Example sentences of "so [adv] since [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And that is n't so long since they 'd seen her |
| 3 | It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children . |
| 4 | It was so long since he 'd wanted someone like this . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | It was so long since he had taken an interest in anything . |
| 7 | He says it 's so long since he saw you and the girls that he wo n't know you . |
| 8 | somehow in the drama , even though it 's so long since he passed away . |
| 9 | I think he held the reins back and smiled at the camera ; so long since he did it . |
| 10 | It 's not so long since it was in the United States and er I 'm quite shocked really , but I 'm er I mean Manchester did a terrific job really . |
| 11 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 12 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Not so long since I was in here myself , but I never dreamed Willis had not quite known what to bring , so he 'd decided on a packet of Whiffs . |
| 15 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
| 18 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
| 19 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 20 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 21 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 22 | ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men . |
| 23 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
| 24 | It 's so long since she has seen him . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And stay in England ? ’ asked her mama , not wishing to lose a Sally-Anne who , for whatever reason , seemed to have changed so greatly since she had last seen her , as a spoiled , petulant and wilful child , thinking only of herself . |
| 26 | So ever since I was a little boy , all I ever wanted to do with my life was play rock'n'roll guitar and make movies . |
| 27 | It 's been so ever since I 've known her — she was the eldest , and felt herself a mother to the pair of them . |
| 28 | He did not openly support the maintenance of the power of the House of Lords to veto legislation but he seemed to do so implicitly since he expressed concern that the authority of the Lords had been ‘ gravely diminished ’ He did , however , explicitly propose the introduction of proportional representation arguing that it ‘ may sometimes secure a hearing in the House of Commons for opinions which , though containing a good deal of truth , command little or comparatively little popularity ’ . |
| 29 | And the niece , leaning on his shoulder , wept again for Auntie , whom she had known so well since she had been a very little girl . |