Example sentences of "[adv] so [adv] [conj] he was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bruno was tall and naturally pale ; more so now because he was also very frightened . |
| 2 | Well , of course , it did not take very long for people to realize that if someone wanted to sell his company and retire to the country with the proceeds , these provisions could be used to postpone payment of capital gains tax almost indefinitely so long as he was prepared to continue to hold the shares issued to him and to treat them as an investment . |
| 3 | And the ‘ never ’ came out so wildly that he was surprised again , and , his eyes still watchful , he said , ‘ I thought not , but you must see , McAllister , I had to ask you — for your sake . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I knew that my horse was capable of running well so long as he was all right . |
| 5 | From the fairly casual manner of Nicholls ' wording and his failure to mention what he had recommended , we may take it that , at least so far as he was concerned , the problem of the status of emigres holding non-Soviet passports had not at this stage been presented as of overwhelming importance or urgency . |