Sentence examples for left so long from inspiring English sources

But he felt anxious about going back to a country he had left so long ago.

They seem bathed in a light of righteousness as compensation for having been left so long in the dark.

And then there is the biggest circle of all, the one that brings him back to Ithaca, the home he has left so long ago that, by the time he returns, he and his loved ones are unrecognizable to one another.

Fearful and uncertain of his future as a father – and of returning to a changed community in the country he had left so long ago – Etienne arrived back in his village, Shari, in early 2011.

More deeply, Team Corbyn – so fond of invoking the SNP and Syriza – might reflect on the experience of those parties, and indeed of the Labour government of 1945, and conclude that voters can be persuaded to back an economic programme of the left, so long as they are convinced that those advocating it are absolutely committed to the national interest.

Rami Ghoneim, an unemployed internet activist, said the protesters were in no rush to leave so long as their key demand was not met.

Kashmiris took up arms long before the Pakistani-based guerrillas arrived, these local groups say, and they will carry on long after they leave, so long as India denies them a chance to decide their own fate -- independence or allegiance to India or Pakistan.

That night in 1957, only 6,702 fans said goodbye to Pee Wee Reese and Gil Hodges as the organist Gladys Goodding played "Am I Blue?," "Memories," "Don't Ask Me Why I'm Leaving," "So Long, It's Been Good to Know You" and, of course, "Auld Lang Syne".

So rather than fight it, embrace the fact that people will leave, so long as they leave to do something amazing.

Bill Mulligan, the Anteaters' coach at the time, used to say the team bus was allowed to leave so long as Magee was aboard meaning he didn't really need any other players.

There was the pile of chartreuse leaves curled dry and dying, edged and flecked with dark brown age spots; a cluster of dead taupe leaves hanging like so many bats from their branches; and a clutch of beech leaves so long-gone the color had drained out of them like dye from a drink, leaving a milky white behind.