Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] so [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | We did n't know her so well as we think . |
2 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
3 | Anyone can do it so long as they are not criminals or kids , and promise to play by the rules . |
4 | As she returned to her nest , looking around her , she could see it so clearly that it made her laugh . |
5 | ‘ I do n't mind anything so long as we 're safe , ’ she said . |
6 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |
7 | He knew that the animal would either kill Sir Henry or would hurt him so badly that it would be easy to complete the murder . ’ |
8 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
9 | They 'd get so much grain and they 'd eat it so quickly that it swelled out before they had time to digest it . |
10 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
11 | You can love them so much that you eat them all up , then there is no more affair . |
12 | It is true to this day in England that , if one has learning , one must wear it so lightly that it is unnoticeable . |
13 | But he said , thoughtfully , that he believed the Robemaker would weave anything so long as he was paid sufficiently highly . |
14 | I 've discovered that one can paint anything so long as it 's BIG ! |
15 | ‘ He would n't kill you so long as I 'm alive . |