Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] so [adj] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |
| 2 | When I heard about your marriage I felt so useless and rejected . |
| 3 | Once I waited so long and stayed so late that I gave myself away to Syl , who had called in the usual way at the front door , to be told by my mother that I was in the summer-house and he should go and bring me out and back to the drawing-room where , like normal people , we should converse . |
| 4 | She looks so thin and tired my heart aches for her . |
| 5 | For those tenants who become so dependent as to require more intensive care than can be reasonably provided in sheltered housing the survey asks : " Are they to be " bolstered up " by extra warden support ( and other sources of help ) or are they to be transferred to more appropriate settings ? " |
| 6 | She looked so peaceful and relaxed , lying there with her eyes closed and no expression on her face , just the good bone formation and the smooth flesh with the bloom of healthy , slightly darkened skin , like a madonna , very beautiful . |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose it 's the drill , son , that makes you walk so straight and hold your head back ? ’ she said . |
| 8 | He did not understand that she felt so shrivelled and drained , and all thought of sexual relations was abhorrent to her — she was not a fit partner , and shrank from his attentions with loathing . |
| 9 | It must be a tribute to the resilience of these people that they lived so long and survived through it all . |
| 10 | When the girl 's mother and aunt came round to his house to take her back he became so violent and threatening that they decided they might be endangering the girl 's life by staying and arguing . |
| 11 | He seemed so relaxed and gave no hint that anything was wrong . ’ |
| 12 | Always makes me laugh the way he sounds so surprised that announcing record profits and asking customers to pay more . |
| 13 | He felt so ill and exhausted he did n't know how he was going to get through the rest of the evening . |
| 14 | That is not to say it is the recommended method , once you have started the latch tool method of working ribs it becomes so fast as to make you wonder why you did n't try it before . |