Example sentences of "[prep] so [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've been rescuing companies for so long they do it automatically now , I expect . |
| 2 | Remember estate agents have been going for so long they say , Oh is that another folder ? |
| 3 | I am astonished that for so long we decided that the results of such tests should be kept secret from the public . |
| 4 | It 's just that he 's been used to having his own way for so long it does n't occur to him there are perspectives alternative to his own . ’ |
| 5 | We 've been back together for so long I 'd almost forgotten about it . |
| 6 | For so long I 'd managed to hold off your curiosity but I was near to breaking-point . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | I worked as a researcher for him for so long I became part of the furniture , I really did . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I had not prayed for so long I did n't know what to say . |
| 13 | It 's been on the cards for so long I think everyone 's had enough . |
| 14 | You do have to go into the theatre for so long I think |
| 15 | You do n't have to go into the theatre for so long I think . |
| 16 | For so long he had wondered if he would ever walk abroad again . |
| 17 | It is a sad reflection on his party that for so long he did not enjoy a smell of office . |
| 18 | For so long she 'd held the secrets of her past under lock and key , barely allowing even Kelly much more than a glimpse into her background . |
| 19 | She was still not completely used to the journey northwards to the small empty house , when for so long she had gone southwards to the big flat near Westminster Cathedral , where her mother had waited , eager to hear every detail of her day . |
| 20 | Yeah and they have them there see and like after so long they come out and sell them . |
| 21 | And then all of a sudden after so long you saw a new Alf . |
| 22 | Luke gripped her shoulder , digging his fingers in so hard she winced with pain . |
| 23 | Because my plants are packed in so tightly I spend a great deal of time trimming and tying . |
| 24 | And I 'd been to top standard as it was then it was standard seven , and as the er you know now they let when the when they 've somebody in so long they let them walk about and come home and all so That time of day you got to you 'd got to pass examins and exams and such like as that . |
| 25 | Well that was the room as well that we had the leak from so then we had the neighbour up there . |