Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [verb] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Education after 1902 immediately became the largest and most important service provided by local government and has remained so ever since ( Regan 1979 ) .
2 She was the Major 's gundog and had pined so badly when her master died , Blanche had considered putting her down .
3 Not only men , but women and children too knitted stockings , socks , shirts , gloves , cravats and other fabrics on a frame in their cottage and continued to do so long after steam power had been applied to their craft during the middle years of the nineteenth century .
4 Older people comprise a large proportion of those living in poverty in Britain and have done so ever since the systematic studies of Charles Booth ( 1894 ) at the end of the nineteenth century .
5 We shall not only survive but continue to grow so long as we give value for money , retain our record of innovation and flexibility , keep the confidence and goodwill of our clients and ensure that we have the best possible range of materials , methods and people in the industry .
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