Example sentences of "[pron] had [vb pp] so [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 She had wanted so desperately to find out the truth about Luke , but now that was the last thing she wanted to know .
2 And she had wanted so badly to stay alive .
3 We had come so far to find this .
4 Tom Dawson had hovered on the brink between life and death , and all the time they had worked so desperately to save him , she had been aware that it was n't just one life they had been fighting for but two .
5 Manville remembered now , what it had all been about , why he had needed so desperately to return to this , at least once before he died .
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