Example sentences of "[adv] long [subord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even then , habit and a stubborn trust that our audience spied upon us from behind then nearest bush , forced our bodies to blunder on long after they had emptied of meaning , until like runaway carts they dragged to a halt . |
| 2 | By canne , which could mean ‘ cane ’ in the English senses of a hollow reed or a light walking-stick , Antoine implies something rather long unless he uses the word wholly jokingly . |
| 3 | It just says that we have to make the the call for nominations so long before we put out the selection ballot . |
| 4 | It 's been a long time since you left us , but you 're more than welcome though on your return and do n't be so long before you come again . |
| 5 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
| 6 | And that is n't so long since they 'd seen her |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children . |
| 9 | It was so long since he had taken an interest in anything . |
| 10 | somehow in the drama , even though it 's so long since he passed away . |
| 11 | It was so long since he 'd wanted someone like this . |
| 12 | He says it 's so long since he saw you and the girls that he wo n't know you . |
| 13 | I think he held the reins back and smiled at the camera ; so long since he did it . |
| 14 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 17 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 20 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
| 21 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 22 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
| 23 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 24 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | It 's so long since she has seen him . ’ |
| 27 | She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now . |
| 28 | ‘ I know you mean well , love , ’ he wrote , ‘ but Maureen and Chris have managed for so long because they have kept it so low key . |
| 29 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We would not have stayed with this product so long if we did not believe there was potential to make at least £20 million annual profit from it , ’ Shaw says . |