Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] for so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the great services which McGavran has rendered to the missionary enterprise has been his insistence on the need to gather objective and accurate data in order to disperse the fog in which it has operated for so long . |
| 2 | Were he to refuse them , as he has done for so long , he would do himself , as well as the public , a grave disservice . ’ |
| 3 | Mrs. McKenzie , whose mother was also a member of Grayshott Good Companions , will be very sorry to leave the Thursday afternoon friends she has known for so long — but she will not be sitting at home alone as she is going to Grayshott 's weekly day centre . |
| 4 | Although that will be remedied by next June , is it not somewhat antiquated that such a system has persisted for so long ? |
| 5 | I did , and came to the conclusion that it was the best sauce for lobster ever invented ; and it is extraordinary that it has remained for so long buried in the cookery books . |
| 6 | IT 'S a heartbreaking moment when a great sportsman finally decides to quit the arena he has graced for so long . |
| 7 | I felt then that at last the ambitions I 'd had for so long were possible , and that I could stop worrying about the gypsy who 'd looked at me closely a couple of years earlier , and said : ‘ You 'll never come to anything , you wo n't . ’ |
| 8 | That sort of thing you get asked for so much |
| 9 | Nevertheless his characters are heathens , strictly speaking , and Tolkien , having pondered for so long on the Beowulf -poet 's careful balances , was as aware of this fact as he was aware of the opposing images of open Christianity poised at many moments to take over his story . |
| 10 | It was madness , yes — a crazy , upside-down response to her turbulent emotions earlier , but her logical mind was slowly disintegrating under the wealth of feelings and emotions she 'd tried to keep hidden for so long . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's only normal , not having played for so long . |
| 12 | It is hard to see how such a regime could have survived for so long , after bringing such unexampled disaster on its people . |
| 13 | It is tempting to suppose , however , that if homoeopathy were not efficacious it would scarcely have survived for so long , since it would be expected that doctors would cease to practise it or patients to demand it . |
| 14 | There was a clear view of the table where she had sat for so long . |
| 15 | He twisted to shield himself , tried to pull himself round and use that big machine-gun he had carried for so long . |
| 16 | This would entail a sixty-mile round trip for us , but who cared if he could be freed of that perpetual pain he had suffered for so long ? |
| 17 | We have established the independent Pay Review Body which nurses had sought for so long , and increased their pay by 43 per cent . |
| 18 | BRACKEN HOUSE , THE former home of the Financial Times , came under threat at the time ministers were considering the introduction of the Thirty Year Rule on listing ( see page 149 ) , and probably played a major part in securing the greater protection for post-war buildings of excellence that SAVE had sought for so long . |
| 19 | These directions were in complete contradiction to his old habits and Alexander found they were successful in bringing about the change that he had sought for so long . |
| 20 | In the sort snow-lit darkness people were systematically sicking up the food which they had saved for so long . |
| 21 | But his death and the mystery surrounding it spelt the end for the Church in which he had worshipped for so long . |
| 22 | Cavour , only fifty years of age , the great statesman Italy had needed for so long . |
| 23 | Next week 's Full Moon in your sign will bring the turning point you 've needed for so long . |
| 24 | Everything was out in the open now and the dream she had had for so long was about to turn into reality . |
| 25 | Her lips moved passionately across his chest , tasting and devouring what she had craved for so long . |
| 26 | Robertson was carrying a can of Tartan Ale from which he frequently refreshed himself , and in turn denied any knowledge of the great part Sir Ralph Grunte had played for so long in the counsels of the Tory Party . |
| 27 | When they had carried him into his cage that afternoon and taken him out of the carrier box in which he had journeyed for so long , he had hardly dared to look around him at the other cages . |
| 28 | She went on a school trip to Tuscany and saw many of the pictures she had known for so long . |
| 29 | Suppose the tendon had stretched for so long it could n't tauten , or the muscle was shrunk so dry its tiny capillaries were flat and empty . |
| 30 | Chapman had at last got the player he had wanted for so long . |