Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] so for the " in BNC.

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1 They had done so for the last forty-five years .
2 They had done so for the last forty-five years
3 He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss .
4 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 .
5 When the gravel was exposed , a stream of clean water flowed from it and continued to do so for the next 7 days .
6 She marched straight into Tony Richardson 's office in her summer dress and sandals , sorted out Walter 's money to her satisfaction , and continued to do so for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Tom Jones , nine Merchant-Ivory films and more recently Ballad of the Sad Café , from Carson McCullers 's poignant novel .
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