Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] so [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes he irritates me so much that I could scream at him .
2 We 've heard them so many times that they 've ceased to have any effect .
3 I know I 've made a lot of mistakes and there are probably a lot of things I should be sorry about but I would n't change my life , I would make the same mistakes because they 've taught me so much .
4 The parents will begin to identify what it is that irritates them so much .
5 But did Finn care how much it upset her to see them so fierce with each other ?
6 Other aspects of freedom did not affect them so much .
7 Did you want me so much that you gave them up ? ’
8 The excellence attributed to precious substances which made them so useful both as symbols of successful emulation and as expressions of love and regard extended to other matters of keen interest to individuals .
9 For Scharlieb , it was women 's unique position as reproducers which made them so central to the physical and moral training of future generations .
10 Through his haze , Charles realised that it was n't just the crisis that made them so deferential ; it was the part he was now playing , too .
11 What made them so unpopular that they are n't even commemorated in a country name .
12 I think we were lucky to get away with it , and lucky to get a Director like Waris Hussein who managed to create this very strange quality in the cavemen that made them so interesting . ’
13 Well why does he make them so busy ?
14 Please God , do n't make me so vain , she asked , scrambling to her feet with the rest of the congregation as the organ launched into ‘ We plough the fields and scatter ’ .
15 If it did n't make me so angry it would be laughable . ’
16 ‘ You trust me so little , Caroline ? ’
17 Sometimes I have to make a lot of noise with them and move my body with them like passion — and sometimes they just slide out very gently and do n't affect me so much , like a cooling system .
18 It is this anger , more or less contained , which speaks through the extraordinary images created by Heartfield in his life-long struggle against fascism and for Communism , and renders them so memorable .
19 Would that explain why he asked me so few questions , took my unlikely presence and knowledge so much for granted ?
20 ‘ To me she was , and is , blessed with that wonderful thing that got me so excited about Cliff all those years ago — a unique voice .
21 Do n't really like to you know I did have a that made me so close to it .
22 That took an hour , and made me so tired that I was able to lie down and go to sleep .
23 Even though we were married , their religion made me so guilty . "
24 That was what made me so nervous when we played , knowing they were both watching .
25 Thinking of him again made me so wretched that on my way back into the department I did not even notice the owner of the hand that held open the door for me , until I chanced to notice Dr Jones watching from outside his office .
26 It was that , initially , that made me so mad .
27 It made me so happy .
28 ‘ It made me so angry to see her stepchildren cast as innocents while she was made out to be a dragon . ’
29 PAMELA : Why sir , you have given me so many pleasant distinctions for a Monday — let it , I pray you , be Monday next .
30 He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’
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