Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [vb pp] so [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went off at a steady trot and I thought as I had done so often that there could n't be many noblemen in England like him . |
| 2 | Okay , we can agree what I have said so far but then I 'm going to have to look at other things once I 've made further changes . |
| 3 | It should be clear from what I have said so far that the police national computer is exactly that — for use by the police in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | Although that is not this case , I have done so both because we were told that it would be helpful to all those concerned with the treatment of minors and also perhaps the minors themselves and because it seems to be a logical base from which to proceed to consider the powers of the court and how they should be exercised . |
| 5 | This country cost her too much ; indeed , she has gone so far as to refuse to discuss the topic . |
| 6 | It had been a stupid omission , but then she 'd left so unexpectedly and in such a rush ; besides , she 'd expected Suzie to be at the address she 'd been given . |
| 7 | Do n't be impatient , assimilate the knowledge and learning you 've gained so far and then when the time is right you will coast forward even faster . |
| 8 | And who would be there for her at Casa Pinar where she had loved so desperately and lost so painfully ? |
| 9 | She had stopped so suddenly that he obviously thought he 'd distressed her . |
| 10 | She had spoken so softly that she was surprised that he had even heard her . |
| 11 | And the niece , leaning on his shoulder , wept again for Auntie , whom she had known so well since she had been a very little girl . |
| 12 | Even though she had learned so recently that this was not the authentic voice of her mother , the intellectual knowledge had changed nothing , nothing , and perhaps it never did . |
| 13 | We 're already eleven weeks into the year and er so my talk 's gon na centre on what we 've done so far and what we expect to happen . |
| 14 | Well probably because er you know we try and keep up er er certain standard every year and er you know it 's very important doing a video that you have the right songs for it , you know to get a story book set up for each song and this one we felt when we had it finished was probably you know the best we 've done so far and lucky enough we 've been proved right . |
| 15 | But it was the enemy 's country , an enemy whom we had fought so far as one might fight an armed man in a dark room . |
| 16 | For we , like all animal species , have an optimum group size and it is one that we have exceeded so dramatically that our species is already well on its way to massive self-destruction . |
| 17 | Indeed they had gone so far as to bring one Nicoleyva , from the Soviet Union to plead with British men and women to do just this , and open a second front in Europe . |
| 18 | The independent ethic they had courted so successfully since their conception was beginning to fall hopelessly apart . |
| 19 | They had done so well that the convent put photographs of the two girls in the local paper . |
| 20 | They had worked so hard as children in the fields that each field and tree had become a dear presence , especially the hedges . |
| 21 | Themes in existence by 1950 were continued in subsequent decades but they have developed so extensively and changed so dramatically that their origins may now appear to be many years away . |
| 22 | I am delighted that they have done so well that it is now proposed , even in these difficult times , to increase their establishment . |
| 23 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 24 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 25 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 26 | Had it been deliberate Edouard hesitated , unsure ; it had happened so quickly that it was difficult to know . |
| 27 | For some reason it was restful to watch him lay the crochet-bordered cloth cornerwise on the polished table just so ; arrange the tea-tray , and bring in delicate , perfectly symmetrical sandwiches , and the Victoria sponge which , under his wife 's direction , he had made so beautifully and had set upon a spotless lace doily precisely in the centre of the dish . |
| 28 | He was still shocked that he had reacted so strongly when that jovial Irishman turned up . |
| 29 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |
| 30 | North once told Secord that he had gone so far as to mention to the President that the Ayatollah was helping the contras . |