Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] so [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I joined a flower arranging society thinking ‘ Well I quite like flowers and it 's a good way to meet people ’ , but I found it so boring that I left after three months . |
| 2 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 3 | I found it so enjoyable that I wanted to register for the complete game . |
| 4 | And I say something so idiotic and stupid like that again I 'll fucking all round this house ! ! |
| 5 | I find her so sweet and I ca n't bear it that she 's blind . |
| 6 | His family had protected him when he was a child and youth , and the search for another such secure haven was one of the dominant notes of his life : both in its denial during his marriage to Vivien which rendered him so anxious and insecure , and in its triumphant restitution at the end of his life . |
| 7 | You 're hopeless at keeping a secret for you make it so obvious that people are sure to keep probing until they 've winkled it out of you . |
| 8 | Does she think me so stupid that I do n't know they do that ? |
| 9 | Just why she found it so disturbing that Luke was planning to fly her she was n't quite sure . |
| 10 | ‘ Crilly , ’ I say as we lie together , ‘ when the nurse gave me the anaesthetic , she jabbed me so deep that I could feel it throbbing in my veins like an explosion , and it hurt like anything . |
| 11 | You take everything so black and white , ’ Harriet said . |
| 12 | On this occasion we thought it so important that we invited the bishop to lay hands on the team as they were sent out and began to meet on Sunday mornings , initially in a large sitting room as we searched for suitable premises . |
| 13 | Well maybe they 've not been so they give them so long and then they cross them off the books do n't they ? |
| 14 | When 16 Mediterranean states signed a similar ‘ framework treaty ’ in 1976 they considered it so insubstantial that they insisted on all parties to the treaty also signing at least one of the more detailed and binding protocols . |
| 15 | And yet in these , he made himself so ridiculous as to become an entertainment . |
| 16 | I watched a man working on a special cookery book for a mother who is both blind and diabetic ; he made it so obvious that he valued the opportunity to make some reparation that I wonder whether more opportunities like this could not be created . |
| 17 | Cor but he got him so riled and you know . |
| 18 | It made him so excited that he had to cover his mouth with his free hand in order to stifle a ripple of laughter . |
| 19 | And he says that is why he finds it so galling that one episode in the new series has trees growing right up to the line , which would never happen and describes how one of the engines used to stop to enjoy the view . |
| 20 | He hit one so hard that he later died , and injured another so badly that he is still in hospital . |
| 21 | He squeezed her so hard that she gasped , and for so long that Carrie grew restless . |
| 22 | As he stood waiting for the kettle to boil , he reflected that he had nothing so good and lavish as he had observed through the open door of Mrs Farmer 's kitchen . |
| 23 | It left her so weak that she had to put a hand out to the table before she could sit down . |
| 24 | I understand — the actor talks to a non-existent character , or even a dog , on the stage , and he makes it so real that the audience sees it , you actually see Gabriel . |
| 25 | He gripped her so hard that her bones grated together , and she gasped in pain before stumbling as he pushed her away . |
| 26 | so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it |
| 27 | It 's it makes it so easy that the staff , one ca n't dress any better than the other . |
| 28 | Let's have a look at that white sheet first erm , quoits are done , I 'll do the pools after those shot , javelin , discus , low on darts , they 've ticked these so I hope to God they 're right well that Justin 'll do anything to be perfectly honest er I wish she , it makes it so difficult when you ca n't trust people . |
| 29 | That was what made me so nervous when we played , knowing they were both watching . |
| 30 | What made them so unpopular that they are n't even commemorated in a country name . |