Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [pron] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even mention of ‘ cut and sew ’ never evoked the groans I so often hear in the UK , as most of the knitters realise , as I do , the value of this technique . |
| 2 | Not listening was always one of my faults and one of the reasons I so frequently found myself isolated in misunderstanding : like a careless rider , cut off from the company , alone and benighted for failing to pay attention to the prevailing agreements as to intention and direction . |
| 3 | But gradually , over the years , they had defected , as weak as the teenagers they so relentlessly criticized : they 'd let the old ways lapse in order to slump like dummies in front of appalling chat shows and glimpses of the Sugar Plum Fairy and obsequious shots of the Royal Family and its corgis and babies , to goggle at old movies and new dance routines and to sit back sucking sweeties while sneering at pop stars and newscasters making fools of themselves at televised parties . |
| 4 | I am sure that the House joins me , the hon. Member for Leyton and my hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge ( Mr. Shersby ) in expressing deepest sympathy to the families of the officers who so tragically lost their lives in the course of duty . |
| 5 | Without any apparent break in the text and without any change of tone in my voice I got out some of the things I so badly needed to tell you . |
| 6 | She wondered , laughing as Sabina jogged her , for she had halted in a daydream , what it would be like to encourage him , to overcome the scruples he so kindly showed by not exploring her body . |
| 7 | Are these the gifts you so grandly claim to have bestowed on mankind ? |
| 8 | This highlighted the real success of such operations — the netting of the big men behind the scenes who so often escape while the small-fry are caught red-handed . |
| 9 | The wars which so frequently rage in the Middle East are almost invariably born of such allegiances and are frequently claimed to be necessary to protect one particular religion or version or derivative of it . |
| 10 | She had reached the new housing estate by now , which stretched away to the left , and covered the fields she so well remembered that overlooked Lulling Woods . |
| 11 | He received international recognition from England manager Graham Taylor , and figured in Boro 's Rumbelows League Cup run to the semi-finals which so nearly ended in glory . |
| 12 | That elected governments find it necessary to bow to the wishes of big privately owned companies , that the organs which so largely shape public opinion can be bought and sold by millionaires and treated by them simply as pieces of private property ( which is ' of course , what they are ) , demonstrates how difficult it is for an active and effective democracy to coexist with monopoly capitalism . |