Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why not , when the afternoon had gone so well ? |
| 2 | The converter had worked so effectively that he suffered only mild carbon monoxide poisoning . |
| 3 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |
| 4 | I think that 's why the play has survived so long because it has this peculiar charm . ’ |
| 5 | That the programme has gone so well is a measure of the enormous effort put into it by a partnership of centres and SCOTVEC . |
| 6 | Yet the boy had insinuated so knowingly that the Commander had begun to wonder if perhaps he suffered from lapses of memory . |
| 7 | Indeed the climate has changed so radically and rapidly that some teachers feel over-exposed to parental demand , exploitation and expectation . |
| 8 | The Gantry had become so much more important , a house of enchantment and adult delights , not one of childhood pleasures . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's such a shame because the team has done so well on the pitch and manager Barry Fry is trying to do his best . |
| 10 | Because she 'd abruptly felt as if her heart would burst if she did n't let him touch her , kiss her , hold her in his arms again , and then the desire had escalated so quickly that kissing had n't been enough ? |
| 11 | Some translators of the Bible have gone so far as to postpone the main verb until the divine fiat : And God said , Let there be light . |
| 12 | The money was the one bright spot the evening had produced so far , the carrot to the threat of the stick . |
| 13 | The evening had started so well and ended so badly . |
| 14 | As Griffiths LJ explained in Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans " I believe that the so-called iniquity rule evolved because in most cases where the facts justified a publication in breach of confidence the plaintiff had behaved so disgracefully or criminally that it was judged in the public interest that his behaviour should be exposed " and , as he aptly stated , " there is a world of difference between what is in the public interest and what is of interest to the public " . |
| 15 | His deep , deep penetration of her came when they could hold back no longer , when the sensuality had swollen so painfully inside them that it cried out for release . |
| 16 | Well the thing is you see I think wha from what I 've gathered on from the radio programme is that the actual erm the attitude of the kids to the metro had got so much worse that they 're having to do something about it |
| 17 | But the pendulum had swung so far that some return to less than enthusiasm was inevitable . |
| 18 | How had the commissioner become embroiled so quickly ? |
| 19 | Most of the men got up to leave , shocked that the day had passed so quickly , that the cows were home already . |
| 20 | And then another weird thing — wan na hear about my playground ? — there were all these coffins from the cemetery and the ground had eroded so much they were coming out . |
| 21 | Yeah , I know , the week 's gone so quickly that 's the trouble ! |
| 22 | The week 's gone so quickly I 've just been sort of , you know . |
| 23 | All the corporation has suggested so far is a vague road and landscaping scheme that would affect only part of the pub garden and car park . |
| 24 | The grand symphony of the song has turned so quickly into a raucous and bitter cacophony , drowning all sound of the truth . |
| 25 | Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that the best way to provide improved employment prospects is to get inflation and interest rates down , as the Government have done so commendably in the past 18 months ? |
| 26 | All that the Government have decided so far is to cancel the scheme which British Rail spent hundreds of millions of pounds of our money developing . |
| 27 | Below Tg , however , the viscosity has risen so far that rapid crystallization is not possible and the material remains in the disordered glassy state . |
| 28 | Now the river has become so heavily polluted with toxic industrial wastes that the belugas are among the most contaminated mammals in the world . |
| 29 | The veneer treatment of the keywell of the V&A harpsichord does not look at all like Mercier 's painting , but from the multitude of Hitchcock spinets we know that he was not averse to the use of sycamore in this area , which , when it is varnished over , darkens to that golden hue that the painter has reproduced so faithfully . |
| 30 | After 1720 the form had become so well established that new turnpikes were set up under the clauses of a general public act , rather than by individual private acts . |