Example sentences of "so long [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |
| 2 | It just says that we have to make the the call for nominations so long before we put out the selection ballot . |
| 3 | That 's with me , seeing that it was so long before it was diagnosed , that 's why my feet and hands are still paralysed . |
| 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 | It has not been so long since the average chartered or company secretary was something of an eminence grise , rather than being in the front-line . |
| 7 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 8 | It 's not so long since we learned the link between eating certain ‘ E ’ numbers and the behaviour of highly disruptive children . |
| 9 | When on 5 September the Lords Lieutenant of the four most northerly counties were ordered to make their respective militias ready for immediate service , it emerged that neither Northumberland nor Durham had been reimbursed by central government for the money they had previously spent in keeping the force mustered , while the authorities in Cumberland admitted candidly : ‘ T is so long since the militia was raised that we are apprehensive the arms are either lost or in bad order . ’ |
| 10 | It was so long since he 'd wanted someone like this . |
| 11 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't seem so long since his birthdee , do it ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I ca n't remember what it 's like to be drunk , ’ said O'Toole some years after taking the pledge , ‘ it 's so long since a drink passed my lips . |
| 14 | A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's so long since anything was done here , the place is cluttered with storm damage . |
| 16 | ‘ I have n't got it , ’ he said , and it was so long since he 'd last spoken that the first words came hoarse and harsh , like the sound of some animal . |
| 17 | It was so long since she had been to a party like this . |
| 18 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was so long since he had taken an interest in anything . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He says it 's so long since he saw you and the girls that he wo n't know you . |
| 24 | Not so long since I was in here myself , but I never dreamed Willis had not quite known what to bring , so he 'd decided on a packet of Whiffs . |
| 25 | But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward . |
| 26 | It was not so long since that the fashionable had discarded their wigs and taken to cultivating natural heads . |
| 27 | It 's so long since she has seen him . ’ |
| 28 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |