Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto . |
| 2 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 3 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 4 | I loved him so much that I knew it would be all right . |
| 5 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 6 | They came in illegally low after bombing practice on the range just down the firth , blasting over the island so suddenly that I jumped while in the delicate manoeuvre of teasing a wasp into a jar from the old tree stump near the ruined sheep-pen at the north end of the island . |
| 7 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 10 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 13 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
| 14 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
| 15 | So long as I get the train . ’ |
| 16 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 17 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 18 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 19 | Just so long as I know . ’ |
| 20 | So long as I 've got somebody now there 's nobody along here . |
| 21 | ‘ I was personally told he was not concerned about my past so long as I kept up a volume of business , ’ he said . |
| 22 | So long as I shove the washing in the do n't like it in there it 's dingy , unless the sun 's out . |
| 23 | I do n't have fancy feelings about where money comes from , so long as I earn it in ways which fit in with my flexible principles . |
| 24 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 25 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 26 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 27 | By the end of the afternoon , after a few more pints , he gets involved in a Q&A challenge — he says he 'll answer any question , so long as I keep them coming . |
| 28 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 29 | I guaranteed a starting price so long as I got last refusal — he was auctioning the piece . |
| 30 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |