Example sentences of "so [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did feed them at one time , but they became so rampant he had to stop . |
| 2 | Confirm then I resolve , Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe , so dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure without him live no life . ’ |
| 3 | Whether she is consciously twisting logic , or just , poor girl , confused , I 'm not sure , but at the end it 's quite clear ‘ So dear I love them that with him all deaths I could endure , without him live no life ’ , that she 's got into a world of fantasy because the one thing that is of course not in question is that Adam should die and that she should live on , which appears to be what she 's referring to here . |
| 4 | The bird , which had fallen off the back of a lorry in Leeds , West Yorks , was so solid it tore a hole in the sump of his Fiat Panda . |
| 5 | Now that he was getting on in years he wanted to take things just that little bit easy , not see patient after patient , cramming in as many as possible , but space them out — eight , ten a day was enough — for with his practice so long established and his clientele so solid he could n't imagine any reason to fear blanks in his appointments book . |
| 6 | Simon , whose medal in the individual event was Britain 's first for 84 years , is now so hard-up he has to rely on drinks from mates and his girlfriend . |
| 7 | So each you 're going to test each other on this . |
| 8 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 9 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 10 | So pleasant it is to have money , heigh ho/ … ’ |
| 11 | You notice immediately that it is different from other parts of the country , because the roads are very narrow and windy and the hedges well built and in most cases so tall they are impossible to see over . |
| 12 | She was free to go as close to the man 's music as she dared , to stare as long as she wanted , to dance on the kerb right beside him where he seemed so tall he almost blacked out the sky , and the music so overwhelming you could hear nothing else . |
| 13 | He was so tall he had to incline his head to avoid hitting the beams , and his nearness made her tremble . |
| 14 | Being so tall he was head and shoulders above most of the mourners . |
| 15 | ‘ So long as you do n't gossip with him , no , ’ he said flatly , and turned on his heel to stride coolly out on to the terrace again , so tall he had to dodge the metal chimes that hung over the french windows . |
| 16 | Fortunately the Chapter House intervenes and is so tall it not only screens the full height of the iron ladder but also one of the half dozen hatches dotted around the parapet which lead directly into the roof-space . |
| 17 | ‘ I feel so horny I think I 'll faint . ’ |
| 18 | Before dinner , John , who was so laid-back he made the trees seem neurotic , offered us a yoga lesson . |
| 19 | ‘ They are so grotesque I can scarcely bring myself to touch them , ’ says Carey . |
| 20 | It sounds obvious but some drawings of birds are so odd you 'd have difficulty identifying even a bluetit from them . |
| 21 | It was long enough to need a semaphore to signal from one end to the other , dark enough so you would never have seen the flags , and so narrow we had to squeeze past the single bed by the door to reach the open land before the next one . |
| 22 | His eyes were so narrow they looked like gun-slits . |
| 23 | The physician nodded and , scooping up his philtres and potions into a leather sheet , led Cranston and Athelstan from Whitefriars down a maze of streets so narrow they continued to lead their horses . |
| 24 | All aboard and she was nodding in the sardine swelter on seats so narrow you could lose your virtue and never miss it . |
| 25 | Starving her until the next evening , he coaxed her with pony nuts into a stall which Raimundo used for branding and saddling bigger horses , which was so narrow she could n't turn round . |
| 26 | Because the athlete 's heart is so muscular it can pump the same amount of blood with 50 beats per minute that the average heart pumps with 75 beats . |
| 27 | They cost £2.50 a quarter , but are so rich they 're a small treat you can spread out . |
| 28 | " I 'm glad for you , my lord , but I expect that as you 're so rich you could have had any woman you wanted . |
| 29 | Mr Carson took me to Astor House for luncheon and it was all quite elegant , but the food was so rich it has left me thirsty . ’ |
| 30 | . By the time they pack up work they 'll be so decrepit they wo n't be able to do anything . |