Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Andrew 's world the pocket-knife that belonged to Iain 's recollection became a cleaver that seemed to go so close to the bone as to almost sever completely . |
| 32 | ‘ We have lost four games recently that we never deserved to lose so it 's been a hard time for us . |
| 33 | She had n't been acting when she 'd responded so passionately out there on the dance floor . |
| 34 | Unusually tall , even for the Plaza troupe which was her line , her excellent dancing seemed to come so naturally to her , that the other Girls were full of praise for her work . |
| 35 | Arnie had never looked after her in the way Guido meant , performing the sort of small but pleasing acts of chivalry that seemed to come so naturally to him . |
| 36 | Mr Farrer seemed to know so many people , and the reason he knew them was because they were all gay . |
| 37 | He seemed to know so much about fighting that I was very surprised when I knocked him down with my first hit , and then again with my second . |
| 38 | Mach stared at the other man a moment , wide-eyed , wondering , as he had so often lately , how DeVore came to know so much . |
| 39 | There were brief explorations across her warm , soft cheek , her eyes , her nose , but always , always , he returned to that sweet source that he seemed to find so fascinating — until eventually , light-years later , he lifted his head . |
| 40 | All the goals I 'd met so far — O-levels , A-levels , university — had been pre-planned for me . |
| 41 | I just wondered what progress you 'd made so far . |
| 42 | It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once . |
| 43 | He had drawn the cross he 'd seen so briefly , and coloured the stones red and the setting yellow . |
| 44 | No wonder I 'd seen so little of her . |
| 45 | ‘ We 'd seen so many terrible pictures on TV and when we arrived in the country I wondered if it was all true . |
| 46 | No wonder she 'd struggled so hard against it , doing all in her power to keep him at a distance . |
| 47 | So then , with no better grace and without even a passing thought for Josie 's safety , Lucy pinned back her own hair and began to carry out the makeup job that she 'd undergone so many times before . |
| 48 | He 'd said so . |
| 49 | He 'd said so himself . |
| 50 | But he 'd traced the mother , he 'd said so , so it could n't be that . |
| 51 | Not that he 'd said so ; he had n't spoken a word to her since the guide had joined them . |
| 52 | He 'd done so once , and seen them writhing in silent laughter . |
| 53 | If they 'd done so , if they 'd insisted that local authorities did provide the sites they are supposed to provide I believe there would now be sufficient pitches for all travellers and that they would n't be used for illegal parking erm at the level that there is at the moment . |
| 54 | He hurriedly tried to wind the window down as he could n't see clearly through the thin layer of frost and condensation , but by the time he 'd done so , the red Ferrari had spurted to the top of the ramp , its undipped lights blinding him , swung to the right and roared down the street . |
| 55 | He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’ |
| 56 | Alan Strachan seemed genuinely pleased with the work we 'd done so far . |
| 57 | She told me , as she 'd done so many times , that happiness could never be created out of the misery of other people , that Héloise was already jealous of her and unhappy because of her influence with the children . ’ |
| 58 | Knocks it in towards Speedy and got the final ball wrong but a shame he 'd done so well . |
| 59 | It was a way of gaining Veronica 's confidence , Loretta thought , launching into a description of the work she 'd done so far . |
| 60 | like before the break when you want to have a permanent record of what you 'd done so that you ca n't turn round and say well I do n't remember them conversation |