Example sentences of "gone soft " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something had certainly gone wrong — gone soft and mawkish — with the English tradition of the amateur , when we find Hewlett on facing pages of Binyon 's volume of Letters , writing in 1916 to E.V . |
| 2 | Cold Blow Lane no longer chills the blood for all the wrong reasons , but that is not to say the Lions have gone soft . |
| 3 | But VMI 's lawyers suggested at the court hearing that West Point has ‘ gone soft ’ , that its discipline records show a pattern of sexual tension in the 15 years since women were admitted — and that these have led to ‘ substantial , deep-seated problems . ’ |
| 4 | But before you write that happy bulletin off as a well-timed election omen for the ‘ Greens ’ or as confirmation that jumping in general and Aintree in particular have ‘ gone soft ’ just pause and take another look at the background to last week 's events . |
| 5 | There is no point in pretending that Brenton has gone soft . |
| 6 | All the music papers were quick to inform their readers that The Wedding Present had not gone soft after signing with RCA . |
| 7 | It 's becoming increasingly clear that Class War 's gone soft , what with the film and the book . |
| 8 | They say he 's gone soft , sold out . |
| 9 | Store both in a coo but frost-free place until the spring , but remember to periodically remove any that have gone soft or rotten . |
| 10 | Graham has already criticised the players ' poor start , suggesting they 've gone soft by failing to come to terms with the physical aspect of their opening two games . |
| 11 | Pakistan claim the ball was changed under Law 5 simply because it had gone soft — but that would not have needed the intervention of the match referee . |
| 12 | I would n't want readers to think I 've gone soft on freedom to roam following a comment I made in July 's Scottish News . |
| 13 | The more important reason for his elevation is that Mr Major thinks he must reassure the right that he has not gone soft . |
| 14 | Fearing that the commission has gone soft , some of Microsoft 's competitors are threatening the firm with legal action . |
| 15 | Since Mandy had died , he 'd gone soft , he admitted that . |
| 16 | ‘ Have you gone soft ? ’ |
| 17 | And Min 's erection 's gone soft , too . ’ |
| 18 | Is it not unfortunate that , since that time , some members of the Labour party have gone soft on terrorism ? |
| 19 | They need to see a tough manager — someone like you , hey ? — so they never think that the organisation has gone soft . |
| 20 | Tod says Sam should not have gone soft on a blab who squealed . |
| 21 | He added : ‘ Society has gone soft and does n't seem to know how to deal with hardened criminals . |
| 22 | Whereas it once had a reputation as being one of the toughest and most feared women 's prisons in Britain , it is now regarded as having gone soft by some of the prison officers . |
| 23 | I might eat the bugger now , look at that , I bet it 's gone soft . |