Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Would she have enjoyed him so much if she had thought the whole thing permanent ? she asked herself sternly now , sitting up in bed and shaking off the poppy and mandragora effect that thinking about that summer had on her .
2 Linda Darnell despised him because he had treated her so badly when making Fallen Angel and Forever Amber .
3 He sat up and left the bed upon which she had given herself so frequently since their wedding day .
4 Sien had ‘ that Dolorosa expression ’ which had affected him so deeply when he had seen it depicted in the picture Woman in Mourning .
5 Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion .
6 As he watched , I started to drag away the old door that had served us so well as foot-stopper .
7 ‘ My love , ’ he said , ‘ what was so urgent that you had to summon me so soon after we parted yesterday afternoon ?
8 Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned .
9 But , of course , many of our means of communication are instinctive and we have practised them so frequently since childhood that we choose the means of encoding a message almost without thought .
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