Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [be] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Came , with its moderate , manor house proportions , may seem on the small side to be set so grandly in a park , Sir John Damer certainly did n't skimp on employing the very best craftsmen in all London . |
| 2 | He was too high on exultant relief to be deflated so easily . |
| 3 | How tragic for his life to be taken so suddenly . |
| 4 | Never again in Anselm 's lifetime was the papal position to be stated so clearly and uncompromisingly . |
| 5 | Secondly , why did Sir Ralph just lie there and allow his throat to be cut so savagely that his head was almost hacked from his body ? |
| 6 | The surname , and the message she was to telephone — it 's very abnormal indeed for any personal message from the victim to be sent so soon . |
| 7 | Are the forces of the mightiest military power on earth to be deployed so sparingly that they might as well be shrunk much more than most imagine ? |