Example sentences of "[verb] so for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 After an hour of this , the pike left it alone and when it had done so for the fifth time , El-ahrairah swam across himself and went home .
2 They had done so for the last forty-five years .
3 They had done so for the last forty-five years
4 I have done so for the last seven or eight weeks . ’
5 I shall do so for the last time .
6 My hon. Friend always speaks out powerfully for Basildon : he has done so for the past eight years , and I have no doubt that he will do so for the next eight .
7 When the gravel was exposed , a stream of clean water flowed from it and continued to do so for the next 7 days .
8 There are many who have already started to vote , or will be doing so for the first time soon , with no first-hand experience of what Labour governments were like .
9 We did so for the next three years .
10 It should prove so for the first killer as well .
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