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so long and should have estimated so
"I have had wicked thoughts of you—you that I have known so long, and should have estimated so truly, knowing what you have ever been to me.
— from Mattie:—A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by F. W. (Frederick William) Robinson

so long as she had expected steps
But she had not to wait so long as she had expected; steps were heard approaching the door, and there was a knock.
— from A Changed Man, and Other Tales by Thomas Hardy

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