Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] so [adj] and [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gazed at the golden-haired figure standing so tall and so proud in the centre of the stage . |
| 2 | Within a given political economy where there is a ‘ free ’ market for labour ( taking this , hypothetically as given ) , labour becomes so plentiful and therefore cheap that it can not make a living . |
| 3 | However , on rare occasions — perhaps twice before in recorded history — a change occurs so profound and so far-reaching that the entire orientation of society is altered completely in a relatively short period . |
| 4 | When it was midnight they took the body of the Cid , fastened to the saddle as it was , and placed it upon his horse Bavieca , and fastened the saddle well : and the body sate so upright and well that it seemed as if he was alive . |
| 5 | In no other state was the influence of military attachés so great and so formalised as in Germany ; but in others it could on occasion be significant . |
| 6 | Its presence in everyday life became so large and so intense , and in such a short space of time — say 20 years from the Coronation in 1953 , acknowledged as the ‘ take-off date — that its influence is strictly incalculable , over other media and over most facets of life . |
| 7 | The music sounded so faint and far-off it seemed to come from somewhere streets away , a voice from a vanished Alexandria : |
| 8 | There is also the fear that with unemployment increasing so fast and remorselessly , Britain could still collapse into slump . |
| 9 | The fact that the lane runs so wide and straight also tells us that when it came into existence the open arable fields of Barton and Wootton did not yet extend so far . |
| 10 | THE FIRST thing you notice about The Wishplants is how they make performing on stage look so good and so damn easy . |