Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] he [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why should it matter to you so much whether he sells or not ? |
| 2 | Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence . |
| 3 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 4 | It does n't matter Charlotte , so long as he colours it in |
| 5 | Some might worry that he is allowing the Californians to influence him too much , but I ca n't help feeling that so long as he manages to stay on his horse he remains the best sort of Englishman aborad . |
| 6 | RICHARD Gere is desperate to have children so long as he does not have to change any nappies . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , so long as he does know about it that 's all that matters . |
| 8 | I can get through all this , she thought , so long as he does n't touch me . |
| 9 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 10 | It is not that she possesses dazzling charm or an especially brilliant intellect , but he enjoys her company so long as he thinks their friendship is platonic . |
| 11 | In the sonnet just quoted , for instance , Shakespeare presents the Poet in a humiliating situation , indifferent to the behaviour of the Mistress with other men just so long as he gets some share of the action . |
| 12 | What rhino likes is fucking and killing , killing and fucking ; he is n't at all fussy which end he fucks , so long as he gets to fuck . |
| 13 | So long as he speaks the truth it can t be folly — that 's what you 're going to say , is n't it ? |
| 14 | Should he go too far , the only repercussion , so long as he remains powerful , is for some of the village members to leave the village . |
| 15 | Anyone who gives him a flak jacket ( that is , consent ) may take it back , but the doctor only needs one and so long as he continues to have one he has the legal right to proceed . |
| 16 | It would be impossible to persuade anyone to act as trustee unless the discretion entrusted to him were very liberally conferred , and it is now possible for a trustee to delegate to an agent , not merely pieces of business requiring especial skill , but the whole business of the trust , and escape liability so long as he acts in good faith . |
| 17 | Our art historian pin-up of the month is the Italian Vittorio Sgarbi , specialist in the late fifteenth-century Bolognese artist Antonio di Crevalcore , but happy to give his opinion on anything and anyone , so long as he reaches a public of millions ( as on last month 's cover of L'Espresso magazine ) . |
| 18 | The homosexual male is fine — is pretty good news , in fact , on the whole — so long as he knows he 's homosexual . |
| 19 | He will never be content , so long as he knows that he is in our debt . ’ |
| 20 | The town itself is peculiarly built , so that a person may live in it for years , and go in and out daily without coming into contact with a working-people 's quarter or even with workers , that is , so long as he confines himself to his business or pleasure walks . |
| 21 | So long as he remembers that , when mounting a picket in his opponents ' penalty area , he is only allowed a maximum of six operatives on the line , he should be able to enjoy free and frank access to the other side 's position . |
| 22 | Why does it matter if your husband gets the lunch and drops the crumbs on the floor , so long as he clears up afterwards ? |
| 23 | Even a 25-year-old male with a couple of speeding convictions leaving the car on the street in a high-risk area can expect to pay only £424 per year , so long as he has a five-year no-claims bonus . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) An applicant shall not be treated as having failed to comply with subsection ( 2 ) ( b ) above if the notice is , without any fault or intention of his , removed , obscured or defaced before the first day of the meeting of the board at which the application is to be considered , so long as he has taken reasonable steps for its protection and , if need be , replacement . |
| 25 | So long as he taxes spirits in a highly discriminatory fashion at home , he can expect other Member States to follow suit . |
| 26 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 27 | ‘ Subject to this Part of this Act — ( a ) after the termination of a protected tenancy of a dwelling-house the person who , immediately before that termination , was the protected tenant of the dwelling-house shall , if and so long as he occupies the dwelling-house as his residence , be the statutory tenant of it ; … |
| 28 | I therefore do not regard those authorities as affecting what I would conclude was the clear language of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1977 , that a statutory tenant remains a statutory tenant so long as he occupies the dwelling house as his residence . |
| 29 | So long as he covers every arc of attack by maintaining a good defence , he will be safe . |
| 30 | ‘ A good governor does as he pleases on his world , just so long as he pays his tithes in treasure and people . |