Example sentences of "have [verb] [pers pn] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be its isolation which has kept them so unreasonably concealed from common knowledge . |
| 2 | It surprised him a little ; he would not have thought her so easily affected by a man 's touch . |
| 3 | " I 'm sorry to have given you so much bother for nothing . " |
| 4 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
| 5 | It would not be simple at all , because nothing she had told him so far had been trusted . |
| 6 | His hands which had clasped her so tightly eased their pressure , holding her now with the gentle touch of a friend . |
| 7 | He was still sick and light-headed with the fever that had kept them so long immobilised at Cegidfa , and made the ride home such long-drawn discomfort to him ; but the sorry account he had to make of his stewardship weighed more heavily on his spirit than his wounds did on his body . |
| 8 | The thought that she had failed him so awkwardly added to the weight of her pain . |