Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] [noun] [verb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope that , given the work done so far to design and cost the scheme , you can have tenders to hand by then on the basis that construction would begin on site very soon after a decision at that meeting . |
| 2 | They had not expected the newcomer to speak so soon . |
| 3 | He told police he had not expected the fires to spread so quickly , and blamed hot summer weather . |
| 4 | I have not seen the house look so well since Sir John 's time . ’ |
| 5 | And she had never seen the jeep travel so quickly . |
| 6 | I have never seen a church empty so quickly . ) |
| 7 | I 've never seen a Saturday go so fast . |
| 8 | So much for one reason why William Charles had had the wherewithal to prosper so quickly in his new surroundings ; but there was another , just as vital to his continuing success — he had made a prudent marriage . |
| 9 | The edition for 1605 , no longer extant , was said to have foretold the Gunpowder Plot so accurately that it brought him under suspicion of complicity . |
| 10 | TODAY has been told the letter went so far as to claim she had betrayed her husband , her sons and , above all , the Queen . |
| 11 | She 'd never known a man speak so softly — or to greater effect . |
| 12 | Then suddenly , as she started to focus the digits and she read the time , her feeling of shyness rapidly vanished , and she exclaimed in astonishment , ‘ It 's nearly midnight ! ’ she had never , ever known an evening go so quickly , and at once she was on her feet , ‘ I had no idea … ’ she attempted to apologise if she had overstayed her welcome . |