Example sentences of "[prep] so [adv] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been back together for so long I 'd almost forgotten about it . |
| 2 | If a relative says something like , ‘ I have n't heard from you for so long I thought you had emigrated ! ’ , what they may really mean is , ‘ I wish you would come and see me more often . ’ |
| 3 | For so long I resisted any change to my hairstyle — I thought I knew what suited me — I was entrenched in an image that I had held from years gone by . |
| 4 | I worked as a researcher for him for so long I became part of the furniture , I really did . |
| 5 | Having to put up with that for so long I know ever so well what patients mean when they mention those kind of difficulties ' ( French 1990 ) . |
| 6 | I 've been going for so long I can do everything . |
| 7 | I had not prayed for so long I did n't know what to say . |
| 8 | ‘ How my husband put up with you for so long I just do n't know . |
| 9 | ‘ In fact he held me up for so long I 'm now wondering if it was a deliberate act on his part . ’ |
| 10 | A terrible thing that he , he had Alzheimer 's Disease for so long I mean , he was only , you know , sixty seven when he died , terrible . |
| 11 | For so long I 'd managed to hold off your curiosity but I was near to breaking-point . |
| 12 | It 's been on the cards for so long I think everyone 's had enough . |
| 13 | You do have to go into the theatre for so long I think |
| 14 | You do n't have to go into the theatre for so long I think . |
| 15 | And if I 'm a wicked , evil news reporter , I 'm going to leave out all the nice , positive things that you said , because you went on for so long I 'm interviewing you at half past twelve for the one o'clock news . |
| 16 | Because my plants are packed in so tightly I spend a great deal of time trimming and tying . |
| 17 | He probably had the telly on so perhaps I just did n't but the last time they had er a siren on it was n't all that load I thought . |