Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | With her heart thudding so loudly that she felt sure he must feel it through her ribcage , she took another gulp of tea and waited , knowing he must speak , explain somehow what it was that had suddenly flared between them again . |
| 2 | Let's have a defence review so both the military and the industries are prepared for change when it comes . ’ |
| 3 | And when the film 's director , Alfred Hitchcock , threw a party at his house , Clift became so drunk that his co-star Karl Malden carried him out in his arms . |
| 4 | The story goes so far as to suggest that Hewlett-Packard threatened to resign from OSF over the pace of development but changed its mind . |
| 5 | I think he 's going to the dentist or something , and he 's a bit frightened so he thinks , he thinks of that . |
| 6 | Sporting endeavours have been a major feature of the activities undertaken so far ( see Update ) . |
| 7 | With her heart thumping so hard that her ears were deaf to any other sounds , Sarah hurled herself down into the dip . |
| 8 | After a while the ducks got so confident that they 'd come right into our garden and eventually into the house itself . |
| 9 | It is doubtful that the 1703 visitors were looking at ‘ pickle ’ since the anthropoid shell fits so tightly that no additional liquid could have been introduced . |
| 10 | The Royal Naval Reserve is trying to get the ministry 's decision overturned so that the new minesweepers can play an effective rôle in war . |
| 11 | After all , most people live on the coast and there are large areas inland for sheep farming so wool must be cheap . |
| 12 | There was still an hour to wait so the Feldwebel suggested that we should have some coffee . |
| 13 | Projects undertaken so far include : Pilton Path ; Pilton Path clean-up ; Donkey Lane ; Blackridge landscaping ; Union Canal towpath ; Barnton Golf Course . |
| 14 | Since the rates of State benefits and income from various types of investments change so frequently , there is little point in quoting figures , but it will be important for you to know how to gather the up-to-date , accurate information . |
| 15 | TWO ponies became so amorous in their horse box that they sent it plunging off a road and down a bank near Islip , Oxon , yesterday . |
| 16 | It was here that Madge Segger and Phyllis Ratcliffe became so enthusiastic about Medau . |
| 17 | The rather woolly nature of these claims aside , readers might be forgiven for wondering why , if the Cuk converter offers so many desirable features , it is not more commonly used . |
| 18 | IDE drives do not need low level formatting so if your BIOS has such a routine , ignore it . |
| 19 | A few days later , the storm became so violent that sheep became buried in six-foot drifts of snow , and the camera recorded farmers scrabbling down with their hands to release buried sheep , pin-pointed by amazingly perceptive border collies . |
| 20 | None of the officers had much money to spare so practically all their clothes were hand made , including their uniforms . |
| 21 | Why are the birds singing so strangely ? |
| 22 | Patrick made so bold as to ask : ‘ Do you know if they 're coming from Ashford or Headquarters ? ’ |
| 23 | If the institutions remain so determinedly uninvolved , those who seek radical solutions will have to look elsewhere , possibly to an independent regulator who would appoint auditors and fix their remuneration . |
| 24 | Gerald became so successful in farming and property that he was able to retire at the age of forty . |
| 25 | Peter Porter , though he ultimately disagreed with Lonsdale 's decision to include so many unknown poets in the anthology , was emphatic : |
| 26 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the progress made so far in reforming the European Community 's common agricultural policy . |
| 27 | 24 Johnson Matthey responds to The Call the progress made so far in fund raising for Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund |
| 28 | But others say that this definition of rape will undermine the progress made so far in getting the courts to take rape seriously . |
| 29 | SustainAbility was born , to spawn the Green Consumer Guide ( 300,000 copies sold so far in the UK ) ; the consultancy , offering environmental audits of business resources ; and of course ; success . |
| 30 | The stranger to calligraphy may be struck by the fact that none of these cards displays the florid illumination characteristic of the 15th century Books of Hours made so familiar to us by countless commercial reproductions on christmas cards advertised widely in small format ‘ gift ’ catalogues . |