Example sentences of "be [verb] so [adv] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bishop : ‘ I think it is a very balanced and very clear statement of how we should be living so far as our sexuality is concerned . ’ |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Although Laura 's formal education finished prematurely , she showed a remarkable capacity for intellectual growth in the middle years of her life : many of her ideas were changing so fast that her colleagues often found it difficult to keep pace . |
| 4 | Claudia did n't know Garry , or even his surname ; Dana had always had men in her life , but she had n't seemed serious about any of them , and so far Claudia had hoped in vain that she would find someone to love and to provide the anchor she 'd been missing so badly since their mother had died . |
| 5 | The escape pod was rotating so rapidly that its four occupants were pinned against their couches . |
| 6 | She was working so well that her coffee was always cold before she remembered to drink it . |