for ever so long

Example Sentences

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She: "I've wanted to know you for ever so long."

From Time Magazine Archive

There has not been one of those improvised Balkan kingdoms set up on our stages for ever so long.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been holding on to this information for ever so long.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

I am sure Francie has been as good as good for ever so long, and old Mrs. Nutfold will tell mamma so, even if possibly she did not understand.'

From Nurse Heatherdale's Story by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)

I had a tooth out a week or two ago, but otherwise nothing dreadful has happened to me for ever so long.

From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)