Example sentences of "[conj] you [verb] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the benefit of hindsight er could the tornado programme have been made more efficient with the lessons that you 've learnt so far , er from er Eurofighter an and secondly , perhaps more difficult , er the lessons you have learned from tornado and certainly from the current project , could they be transferred to other complicated collaborative er project , programmes like cobra and ? |
| 2 | I think they found it surprising , after all the trouble we 've gone to promote this loving relationship , that you 've strayed so long from my side . ’ |
| 3 | is it that you have got so strongly against this drug ? |
| 4 | Looking to her for comfort was like looking through a drawer for something which you knew was not there because you had looked so often before : you knew what was there — in painful and tedious detail — but there was nothing that you wanted . |
| 5 | ‘ Because you have come so far , Hugh , tomorrow I will take you to see the Painted Men , the little people , the fairies , goblins , Picts , or whatever you wish to call them . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Since you 've asked so nicely , Manderley , I am pleased to announce the imminent arrival of one Miss C Grayson . |
| 7 | You did n't disagree with Dad the other day , anyhow , when he remarked that since you 'd worked so hard for your qualifications it was a pity that there was n't a firm around here large enough for you to use them . |
| 8 | ‘ We ca n't have you fading away to nothing , after you 've done so well for yourself these last few years . ’ |
| 9 | Is that the best you can do , after you 've waited so long ? " — and sometimes to this the voice would add irritatingly — " and after saying No to that darling actor ? " |
| 10 | To take you , a married woman and mother , away from your child when you have grieved so sorely for the other does not make sense . |
| 11 | When you have done so please sign it and return it to me immediately in the pre-paid envelope provided . |
| 12 | But as you 've spent so long thinking it over , I suspect that , deep down , you 've decided it is n't really worth the risk . |
| 13 | Suddenly I have a great urge to tell you about it , knowing that you will understand as you have suffered so terribly yourself . |