Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loki was caught and punished by ODIN several times , once being imprisoned beneath the earth 's surface where he shook so violently that the world trembled . |
| 2 | Yet he had a way of manipulating our conversations on to ground of his choosing where he spoke so admirably that only afterwards did one realize how other issues , other questions , had been delicately side-stepped . |
| 3 | Lima , where it rains so seldom that the city 's roofs are not designed to withstand more than a mild shower , the inhabitants are anxiously awaiting the worst . |
| 4 | It was definitely a case of two points lost , but I am more disappointed that we played so well and did not win . ’ |
| 5 | Faced by the Welsh emergency of 1283 , Canterbury province granted a triennial twentieth , and York in 1286 possibly a thirtieth , although they did so reluctantly because they were still paying off arrears of the subsidy of 1279–80 . |
| 6 | They treat their women like mules and they fornicate with animals ; indeed in this respect they are so jealous that they go so far as to attach chastity belts to their mares and mules . |
| 7 | The essence of any successful stage production is that it works so smoothly and efficiently that the audience is virtually unaware of the mechanism . |
| 8 | She could n't even feel resentful that he slept so peacefully after she had suffered a sleepless night of angst . |
| 9 | I would wager that he goes so far as to say that I broke down in his room , stuttering out the words of my so-called confession between chokes and tears , unable to speak properly . |
| 10 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 11 | They begged Franca to come too , and she declined so tactfully that they could all , without awkwardness , smile over the plan and even discuss it . |
| 12 | She wanted Andrew and she said so plainly and without pretence . |
| 13 | They thought that we were going straight , we and we thought so too that we would just go straight over the , through London . |
| 14 | Indeed , if we go so far as to see externalization as inevitably bringing the ego into conflict with reality , then we might conclude that many modern neuroses — perhaps the most severe ones — are likely to become para-psychoses : that is , neurotic conflicts expressing themselves in the language of psychosis . |
| 15 | If we care about other people — and if we want so far as possible to affirm other people — we shall walk warily before dismissing out of hand , discourteously or clumsily , what is deeply meaningful to them . |
| 16 | Their discussions included the merger of the Falange and the Traditionalist movement and they went so far as to commission a draft document outlining the project . |
| 17 | They they fix it up with wires and they got so far and as the tide rise , cos the ship come up and they take 'em out and take 'em to the dock , take 'em out with a heavy crane . |
| 18 | Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) . |
| 19 | Blondel in his study Political Parties : A Genuine Case for Discontent ? claims that " in the great majority of cases programmes are unclear , often limited in scope , and not closely connected to the goals which the party proclaims " and he goes so far as to assert that " on balance parties do not really have programmes " . |
| 20 | His face was flushed , his eyes glinting with excitement ; he seemed to be having difficulty breathing , too , and he spoke so rapidly that he slurred his words . |
| 21 | We have arrived at chapter 22 , but before we deal with it in detail , we must look quickly at another story that lies between Isaac 's birth and his coming so soon and so close to death . |
| 22 | if you go in a freezer and it shrivels so then if you go in the fridge |
| 23 | Moderator it may seem a little strange to resist this er addendum but I do so really because er it 's never a good idea to er to be amending what is in a sense a liturgical piece of work on the floor of the house . |
| 24 | The three boys set out , but they walked so slowly that Oliver thought they were not going to work at all . |
| 25 | But they do so only after they 've had their seven rehearsals . ’ |
| 26 | David looked rather odd as she said that , but he left so quickly that she could not ask him anything about it and picked up her book to absorb the time until Annunziata brought in her supper . |
| 27 | Anselm himself never quoted this analogy , but he went so far as to warn the pope that if he gave an adverse judgement in the dispute between Canterbury and York ‘ I would on no account remain in England ; for I neither ought to , nor can allow the primacy of our church to be destroyed while I am alive . ’ |
| 28 | Alas , there is no way this can be overcome but it occurs so rarely that it is not in itself an outstanding problem . |
| 29 | Like most of his music , it looks back fondly to a golden age , but it does so creatively and with vitality . |
| 30 | The awesomely powerful heating and ventilation system makes another jet-like roar , but it works so well that you only need it on for short bursts . |