Example sentences of "so [adv] [subord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 4 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Not so long since I was in here myself , but I never dreamed Willis had not quite known what to bring , so he 'd decided on a packet of Whiffs . |
| 7 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
| 10 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
| 11 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
| 12 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 13 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 14 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 15 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 16 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 17 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 18 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 19 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 20 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 21 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 22 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |
| 23 | ‘ He would n't kill you so long as I 'm alive . |
| 24 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
| 25 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't mind what I do so long as I do n't have too many lines to learn . ’ |
| 27 | She left this house to us , and an allowance to Emily so long as she did n't marry , and one to me so long as I stayed with her . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I do not mind being told what I can not do , so long as I can accede to an adequate reason why . |