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Meanings of delay so in English

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Usage of delay so in English
1
He would not delay so doing until he should pass the headland.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
2
The Ulster branch asked for a delay so it could prepare a report.
The Guardian
3
They would have started earlier, only the delay so plainly annoyed the Shirriff-leader.
The lord of the rings
4
Josephine, how can you delay so long in writing to me?
Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
5
Why this delay so near the scene of their crime?
The Gold Hunters: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Ba...
6
This will explain the long delay so frequently observed before the celebration of this festivity.
The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
7
He could not understand why the others should delay so, when time was slipping away.
The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron
8
One could announce a delay so easily by telegram.
Floyd Grandon's Honor
9
It was rather urgent that you come without further delay so we resorted to it.
Cubs of the Wolf
10
How can they delay so long?
The Emancipated
11
What made him delay so long?
"My Novel" — Volume 12
12
Why does he delay so long?
Under the Country Sky
13
How dare you delay so long!
The Way of a Man
14
Other shareholders wanted a delay so they could digest all the information the company had recently disclosed, it added.
Reuters
15
There was a landing delay so the plane did not come down until 5:35 PM.
The new yorker
16
Then there came a delay so long that Wheeler turned up the volume to check that the set was still operating.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
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