Example sentences of "'s [noun] [prep] so long " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been Carolyn 's protector for so long . |
| 2 | Ivy and Margaret smiled , and we all agreed that it was remarkable that An Adventure had held so many people 's attention for so long . |
| 3 | At the same time as this was happening teachers demanded to be treated ‘ as professionals ’ , scornfully ignoring the view , repeatedly expressed , that the disruption of children 's education for so long a period was hardly the behaviour that one might expect from members of a ‘ profession ’ . |
| 4 | This had been a fact of Lucy 's life for so long now that she 'd almost lost her sense of its shock value , but Josie was hit by it head-on and without warning . |
| 5 | A terrible thing that he , he had Alzheimer 's Disease for so long I mean , he was only , you know , sixty seven when he died , terrible . |