Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 2 | She had felt that they were getting on so well until Edie appeared . |
| 3 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 4 | Do you have any recollections of any particular disputes and maybe an answer that you could possibly sort of , make a few comments on whether you felt the the procedures were worked out so finely that they in fact prevented disputes because they were so long and drawn out perhaps or er it took the fire out of disputes if you like ? |
| 5 | Dennis was thrashing about so vigorously that even a trained lifeguard would have had difficulty in retrieving him . |
| 6 | The snow was driving down so thickly that the windscreen-wiper could n't keep the glass free of it . |
| 7 | This decision met with considerable resistance from our East German colleagues , and in the end , the only way to overcome this was to steer clear so far as was possible of the art historical minefield that exists in Germany . |