Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It would have to be a very small stone , but I would do so gladly if it binds you to me . ’
2 Thus the Free Presbyterians ( and other conservative Christians ) who picketed a newly opened sex shop on the Castlereagh Road in Belfast ( so successfully that it closed ) saw themselves , not as denying anyone their basic right to sin , but as preventing further incitement and encouragement to sin .
3 In captivity , a good memory and fear will destroy the horse if it is handled so badly that it becomes permanently anxious .
4 For fear of losing one or two sales of its obsolete mainframes , IBM designed the RT so badly that it had to junk the machine completely and start again from scratch to create the ( incompatible ) RS/6000 .
5 ‘ God , ’ he muttered against her neck , ‘ you can be the most impossible woman I 've ever met , but I want you so badly that it hurts . ’
6 But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again .
7 It said ‘ Danger ’ , but a big piece of the signboard had broken off , so perhaps when it wass whole it said ‘ Dangerfield ’ , not just ‘ Danger ’ . ’
8 I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’
9 So long as it stays like that . ’
10 When no specific instructions are given to candidates about the layout of assignments , any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it followed consistently .
11 When no specific instructions are given to candidates about the layout of assignments , any recognised style of layout will be acceptable to the Examiners , so long as it followed consistently .
12 I explained that the meeting could elect anything it wished so long as it understood that the ‘ original organisers , … would make up their own minds what status , if any , to accord those elected .
13 Furthermore , it appears that electronic exchanges have wider bid-ask spreads , which might be a reflection of inadequate liquidity due to the lack of locals ( although there seems to be no inherent reason why individuals trading on their own account could not use an electronic system so long as it enables the scalping and other arbitrage trading practices typically carried out by locals ) .
14 So long as it maintains the idea that believers talking to unbelievers are like people explaining to the blind what it is like to see , reason may be tolerated .
15 It explained everything , though she fought it , fought the nightmare truth of her growing feelings for him , her respect , her admiration , her jealousy , her pain , her longing to make him feel something for her , anything , so long as it came from the heart and not the body …
16 I wanted our collaboration , strange as it was , to continue for eve ; , just so long as it kept him beside me .
17 Dansey did not seek to influence its policy , so long as it kept out of his agents ' way .
18 Indeed , it is most unlikely that Israel will give up its nuclear capability in the foreseeable future , so long as it foresees a threat to its land from its neighbour .
19 The Bike Sub-Committee was still being urged to proceed , yet a month later the subject was adjourned , only to be urged on again the month following — ‘ so long as it had a corrugated iron roof ’ , presumably a financial stringency to keep the cost down to £15 .
20 So long as it had appeared to be an alternative force to the Labour party , he kept clear .
21 So long as the House was not bound by strict party ties and so long as it had control of the major part of its own timetable , the general task of commenting on and questioning government policy was relatively simple .
22 It is clear then that the DUP will receive the votes of the working-class loyalists so long as it retains an image of being more unionist than the Officials , unless there should be an alternative to the right of the DUP .
23 Why not go along with Luke 's expansive mood for just so long as it took to finish her drink ?
24 ‘ Cheap electricity 's the answer to the first — sod the cost to the environment so long as it keeps down the cost to the consumer .
25 Well , it 's all Greek to me , but so long as it keeps him happy . ’
26 He might feel that any heir , even one who disinherits him , is worth having so long as it keeps the name going . ’
27 Run it well , so long as it pleases you .
28 ‘ Just so long as it does n't get in here . ’
29 Damp is acceptable so long as the cellar is not in use and so long as it does not rise above the ground floor dpc .
30 An extra incentive can be useful so long as it does not become a too regular ( relied upon ) habit .
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