Example sentences of "[to-vb] so long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the reason why the shareholders had to wait so long for a return was that the original capital had been only 10,000 guineas , and the Company financed itself by fairly short-term loans from the merchants with which it did business , so the shareholders stood at the end of a long line of creditors but could expect substantial returns on their money in the end if the Company survived . |
| 2 | A first attempt has now been made in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 to remedy this omission ( see below ) , but the fact that sentencers have had to wait so long for such a lead is evidence of a serious weakness in the self-regulatory capacity of the Court of Appeal itself . |
| 3 | ‘ Please God you wo n't have to wait so long for John to come home , ’ she said . |
| 4 | It meant a delay of two more days before deciding what to do next , and she was reluctant to wait so long . |
| 5 | ‘ It may well be that the original kidnappers could n't afford to wait so long . |
| 6 | John Gorman says … he 's happy but in some ways disappointed that they 've had to wait so long for a win … it 's been hard week after week … but they 've shown great character and the fans have been very supportive |
| 7 | Nevertheless , on the material before the court , it was not necessary to impose so long a term of imprisonment . |
| 8 | He can continue to shoot so long as he keeps hitting , up to a maximum of 6 shots per turn . |
| 9 | For the investor , however , multiplicity creates opportunity , and the next Bookish Portfolio stands to prosper so long as the creative process is allowed to flower . |
| 10 | It was years since she 'd played , of course , and her fingers were bound to be rusty , but she could n't resist trying out some of the pieces of music she used to play so long ago . |
| 11 | We shall not only survive but continue to grow so long as we give value for money , retain our record of innovation and flexibility , keep the confidence and goodwill of our clients and ensure that we have the best possible range of materials , methods and people in the industry . |
| 12 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 13 | They also extend the traditions of the area — the working over of old dumps by ‘ dressers ’ has taken place since ancient times and will , no doubt , continue to do so long after the mines close down . |
| 14 | Antonia said if Mr Mellor had intended resigning over their affair ‘ he would have done so long ago — or would have been forced to do so long ago ’ . |
| 15 | Not only men , but women and children too knitted stockings , socks , shirts , gloves , cravats and other fabrics on a frame in their cottage and continued to do so long after steam power had been applied to their craft during the middle years of the nineteenth century . |
| 16 | A War Wagon can continue to fight so long as there is at least one crew member left alive . |
| 17 | Dot held her arms stiff as bayonets , for she knew it would be safer to keep her coat on , then they might not have to stay so long . |
| 18 | I did n't expect her to stay so long , but I made the offer and I have to stick with it . |
| 19 | The rest are harder to get registered — designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 and dubbed jubilee kiosks , they were mass-produced until 1968 — but they are likely to survive so long as they are in good condition and in ‘ heritage locations ’ ( that is , near the house of somebody ready to give BT a hard time if it tries to take them away ) . |
| 20 | Whatever the government , the NHS has always been seen as underfunded and that is unlikely to change so long as children and old people wait months for operations . |
| 21 | Practical support in the home means that family members may not have to spend so long in hospital . |
| 22 | Though Sir Derek must ultimately carry management responsibility for the mess ISC has got the company into , it would prove difficult to find someone better to sort it out if only because any newcomer would have to spend so long in getting to grips with the problems . |
| 23 | That 's why you always stick a tentative toe into the water before committing yourself , and why you tend to spend so long in shoe shops . |
| 24 | ‘ Theoretically , yes , but that 's unlikely to happen so long as the company is successful and the shareholders approve of the way it 's run . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Sorry to take so long ! ’ |
| 26 | I 've just had this new hoover bought me for Christmas , and he comes home from work and I say it only took me five minutes to do the stairs , and all this sort of thing , because it used to take so long before . |
| 27 | The messages from her brain to turn and walk away seemed to take so long reaching their destination , she thought she might be riveted to the ground forever . |
| 28 | A unit only continues to operate so long as it is successful . |