Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] so [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't know her so well as we think . |
| 2 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
| 3 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Anyone can do it so long as they are not criminals or kids , and promise to play by the rules . |
| 6 | Seldom before have England needed him so badly as they go into tomorrow 's third Test in Bombay already beaten 2-0 in the series by India . |
| 7 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 8 | Sien had ‘ that Dolorosa expression ’ which had affected him so deeply when he had seen it depicted in the picture Woman in Mourning . |
| 9 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 10 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |
| 11 | ‘ I hit her so hard because she was choking me . |
| 12 | You loved him so much when you were a little girl . |
| 13 | AN old lag has vowed to go straight — because police treated him so kindly when he was banged up in their station . |
| 14 | Once he had hit her so hard when she would n't tell him where she 'd been that she had had concussion . |
| 15 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
| 16 | 16 ) of the evacuation of Attica that the Athenians took it so badly because it was like leaving one 's polis ; this is on the face of it a paradox because they were going from their country demes to the polis . |
| 17 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 18 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 19 | She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity . |
| 20 | Yes yes and he 's such a nice man and he does it so willingly if he can . |
| 21 | ‘ My love , ’ he said , ‘ what was so urgent that you had to summon me so soon after we parted yesterday afternoon ? |
| 22 | ‘ He would n't kill you so long as I 'm alive . |
| 23 | Hamlet treats her so badly because he is angry at her lack of willpower against Claudius , the man he hates . |
| 24 | She missed her so dreadfully when she was away , as though a part of her very own body was missing . |