Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] you do " in BNC.
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1 | on so in and you do n't even need to notify the Paymaster General or you do n't have to notify anybody employment outside the teaching area altogether . |
2 | After the birth , intercourse can begin again as soon as you feel ready and so long as you do n't feel any discomfort . |
3 | But the sunrise of impending suicide bathes him and others in fiery metaphysical comedy ; , ‘ be as free as you like , ’ Peter Verkhovensky tells him , ‘ so long as you do n't change your mind ’ — that is ‘ so long as your entirely free intention is carried out ’ . |
4 | Jerusalem artichokes , they make a lovely cream soup so long as you do n't mind the flatulence . ’ |
5 | You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange . |
6 | ‘ So long as you do something , ’ he said . |
7 | So long as you do n't arrange a leopard-hunt afterwards . |
8 | She smiled , ‘ Do n't forget now , you 're my cousin from Neath come to help with the business , you 're big like my dad , could easily be his nephew and so long as you do n't open your mouth , it should be all right . ’ |
9 | And if you get an itch , you can scratch it , so long as you do so badger-style : five to six rapid scratches per second . |
10 | There is after all nothing inherently wrong with quoting fiction — with saying , for example , that Baker Street once housed a detective called Sherlock Holmes — so long as you do n't mislead anyone by palming it off as a fact . |
11 | It will pay you dividends , so long as you do n't say " Silly old codgers " and put it on a top shelf . |
12 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
13 | Do what you like so long as you do n't get caught . |
14 | Particularly when Granny lives in Nairobi , the shades are spattered with Milpar , you have n't bought a bottle of wine since you opened your Mothercare account , the backless negligee is fine so long as you do n't roll over and reveal the stretch marks on what used to be your breasts , and you feel about as compelled to have sex as you feel compelled to have gangrene . |
15 | And speak your own language , please : we 'll even teach it to you in our schools to prove how understanding we are , just so long as you do our dirty work for less wages than our own kind are prepared to accept : just so long as you keep yourselves to yourselves , and do n't let your children marry ours , because what we 're all terrified of , so terrified the word 's gone out of the vocabulary . |
16 | ‘ So long as you do n't gossip with him , no , ’ he said flatly , and turned on his heel to stride coolly out on to the terrace again , so tall he had to dodge the metal chimes that hung over the french windows . |
17 | It 's been good to play in the six games so far and you do n't want to miss any at this stage of the season . ’ |
18 | It 's been good to play in the six games so far and you do n't want to miss any at this stage of the season . ’ |
19 | And all the impurities are left in the beer so even though you do n't have the benefit of getting drunk you still get a hangover . ’ |
20 | So even if you do repay your loan on a building society account , er do n't forget that erm er the erm building society will then want to charge you for keeping the deeds of your house . |
21 | Lastly , which is something we all reach eventually , hopefully , is what we call unconscious competence , when you know how to do something so well that you do it un without thinking , it 's like driving . |
22 | I should wish you were brought home in wine rather than to come in so sober and so late as you do . |