Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] i [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 2 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |
| 4 | That 's none of my business so long as I do n't have to break any laws . |
| 5 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
| 6 | ‘ He has enough sauce for a king 's fool , but impudence I can stomach so long as I do n't have to ride something that big on my own . ’ |
| 7 | I think the thing you have to say that as far as I 'm concerned , from what I 've see of her so far and I have n't worked with her in the field yet but far brighter spark in your department than that one we interviewed the other day |
| 8 | I 've always wanted to work in a bank so even if I had n't have had Louisa it 's basically what I 'd have gone on to do anyway . |
| 9 | ‘ The widow , ’ replied Hank , with more than a trace of impatience in his voice , and then continued : ‘ And it 's selling so fast that I do n't know what to do with the money . |
| 10 | Then , and so then but I have n't been seeing Mrs . |