Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] they [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it |
| 2 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 3 | ‘ There are a hundred ways a firm can get rid of pollution into the river , ’ said an experienced officer , ‘ so long as they do it at the right time . ’ |
| 4 | They will not wear their knuckles out knocking at the West 's door , so long as they feel it will be opened to them before too long . |
| 5 | Also , more is understood nowadays about the balance of life within a pool , so the much quoted passage of the father of English gardening , William Robinson , in his classic The English Flower Garden ( 1895 ) scarcely applies now : ‘ Unclean and ugly pools deface our gardens ; some have a mania for artificial water , the effect of water pleasing them so well that they bring it near their houses where they can not have its good effects . |