Example sentences of "so [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , so simultaneous why do n't you i why do n't you integrate this log Or why do n't you erm |
| 2 | They 're ever so dear now ! |
| 3 | Yeah , yeah dining chairs , six dining chairs they cost me seventy , I spent over thirty already on materials for the top material the foam you know it 's , everything 's so dear now is n't it ? |
| 4 | Not quite so upstanding now , of course — |
| 5 | ‘ It is n't so friendly out here , ’ said the first soldier with a shiver . |
| 6 | Standing there , surveying the hall , so pleasant now ( though she knew that really she ought to get carpet foam and do over the carpet which after all had been folded up in the dust of the skip ) , she saw that Philip had mended the little cupboard under the stairs that the policeman had kicked in . |
| 7 | It did not taste so metallic now , rather he thought quite juicy . |
| 8 | Cor it was ever so good at that museum Cor it was ever so tall though ! |
| 9 | You 're getting so tall now . |
| 10 | That must be why they grow so tall so quickly and such a peculiar shade of green . |
| 11 | He 's so used probably to a left hand filter going |
| 12 | the ends that look so odd now |
| 13 | Early on , they imagined that all foster parents would be like them — not so rich perhaps , but sharing the same basic standards . |
| 14 | the forces of the countries of the socialist camp are so great today and they are so strong economically that they can fully take upon themselves , on the basis of the development of normal trade relations , the provision of Cuba with all the necessary goods which are denied her by the United States … the Soviet Union is prepared to deliver oil and other goods in amounts fully meeting the requirements of Cuba , in exchange for Cuban goods . |
| 15 | A serious concern of the author 's is that governments ' commitment to education , so strong up to the mid-1970s , has waned . |
| 16 | This feeling was so strong there that he almost expected to see Linkworth standing there , watching him . |
| 17 | But Faldo handles it all so well , he is so strong mentally . ’ |
| 18 | Average fertility is so low today compared to the total number of children that might be conceived that factors affecting fecundity would be unlikely to influence final family size . |
| 19 | In summary , these are : i ) low-income countries will not lose so much in the way of earnings if their population is damaged by pollution , since wages are so low anyway ; ii ) under-populated countries in regions such as Africa are effectively " under-polluted " compared to urbanized areas such as Los Angeles or Mexico City — ideally , there should be a " world-welfare-enhancing trade in air pollution and waste " ; and iii ) environmental concern , on health and aesthetic grounds , is much more acute in high-income countries than in the third world , where direct alleviation of poverty is seen as more pressing . |
| 20 | Do n't let yourself sink so low again — come and talk to me or to the doctor . |
| 21 | Yeah I 've only got to go to the bank and got to pay something for Gary , I 've got to pay in a cheque for Gary again cos he 's ever so low again this year , this week , this month |
| 22 | I think what 's happened the moon is is either set already or it 's so low down in the sky we ca n't see it because the buildings and things are in the way . |
| 23 | She might have been any age between thirty and sixty and Wexford set the lower limit so low only because of her young children . |
| 24 | Well , it 's so bloody long ago were likely forget . |
| 25 | This thing 's gon na be so bloody then in n it ? |
| 26 | But I must admit I really had a go at one nonce and felt so guilty afterwards , after she explained to me what had happened . |
| 27 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 28 | Her room was so grubby too , with nothing but a bed in it and that bidet and that bit of rag for a curtain over the small old propped-up suitcase and some clothes . |
| 29 | He must , he must get so pissed off with that must n't he ? |
| 30 | The thing I was getting so pissed off cos I 've run it about ten times now , cos you keep coming and do alterations ! |