Example sentences of "so long [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says it 's so long since he saw you and the girls that he wo n't know you . |
| 2 | I think he held the reins back and smiled at the camera ; so long since he did it . |
| 3 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 4 | cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it |
| 5 | And so long as they pass them through Rannoch to the west if need be . |
| 6 | But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity … |
| 7 | The sovereign is under a constitutional duty to accept the advice of her ministers tendered through her chief minister so long as they command her confidence — so long , that is , as they command a majority in Parliament . |
| 8 | Everyone dominates central stage for a while , just so long as they need it , only to return it chivalrously after their moment . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Not necessarily , since both teachers and researchers will ultimately use readability formulae for just so long as they find them of some value . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | " I do n't care chat becomes of me , So long as they sing me that sheet melody , Yip-I-Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay , Yip-I Addy , I-Ay , I-Ay . " |
| 13 | And they despised her for it , some of them , and they feared her for it , most of them ; but she did not care , so long as they paid her enough to be drunk on until the need to kill was irresistible again . |
| 14 | ‘ So long as we get him out ’ — Cameron was still cagey . |
| 15 | So so long as we get something . |
| 16 | So long as we boil it , it should be OK . |
| 17 | This is probably acceptable so long as we restrict ourselves to a single group , like mammals , but there is some dissent when people seek to extrapolate mechanisms from non-vertebrate species , like molluscs , to the mammalian brain ( e.g. Hawkins and Kandel 1984 ) . |
| 18 | She liked us to keep to our promise , but quite understood if the children were ill , or something else cropped up , and we got behind — so long as we let her know immediately . |
| 19 | President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine denied Tory MPs were looking for a new leader , saying : ‘ We know that so long as we keep our nerve and pursue policies that are important we can come through . |
| 20 | So long as we learn something from every mistake we make , time has n't been wasted . |
| 21 | ‘ The game against Marseille will now be a battle but so long as we have someone like Andy Goram behind us , we feel solid . |
| 22 | The catapult ought to be safe so long as nobody knew its name . |
| 23 | It does n't matter Charlotte , so long as he colours it in |
| 24 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 25 | She was great with him so long as he kept her occupied . |
| 26 | It is not that she possesses dazzling charm or an especially brilliant intellect , but he enjoys her company so long as he thinks their friendship is platonic . |
| 27 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 28 | But Garvey did not care what Gabriel believed , so long as he conducted himself on stage like the Angel Gabriel . |
| 29 | The homosexual male is fine — is pretty good news , in fact , on the whole — so long as he knows he 's homosexual . |
| 30 | The town itself is peculiarly built , so that a person may live in it for years , and go in and out daily without coming into contact with a working-people 's quarter or even with workers , that is , so long as he confines himself to his business or pleasure walks . |