Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] so long " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am amazed that this practice has been allowed to go on for so long without anyone kicking up a fuss . ’ |
| 2 | Difficult though it was to come back after so long a lay-off , she was the runner-up in the Yorkshire Championship both in 1950 and in 1953 . |
| 3 | Given their weakened state , the Dutch had done well to hold out for so long . |
| 4 | More surprising , to me , about the present sorry situation , is how the old regimes managed to get away for so long with presiding over such a ragbag and still getting all that advertising ! |
| 5 | ‘ He has shown a lot of guts to get back after so long . |
| 6 | The convention which it produced was signed by 119 delegations but the problems which caused the conference to drag on for so long are anything but solved . |