Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] so long " in BNC.

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1 They could keep up between four and five miles in each hour only for so long , for even strong and accustomed muscles tired .
2 Will you open up to me and tell me what it is that 's made you hide your heart away for so long ? ’
3 The House of Lords held that parental rights are recognised in law only for so long as they are needed for the protection of the child .
4 It was strange walking out after so long .
5 He had lugged his poor wife round for so long , like a heavy suitcase .
6 And why was Father away for so long ?
7 ( 4 ) The justices were under a duty to make any secure accommodation order only for so long as was necessary .
8 She said she had held the document back for so long because she was afraid it would re-open old wounds for my mother and because she felt sure it was better for us not to know what it contained . ’
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