Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But keep in mind the possibility that Candida is the culprit — some cases of candidiasis need far more stringent treatment than that described so far . |
| 2 | This arrived so soon we could n't believe there had been time to make them and get to the Matterhorn ! |
| 3 | Indeed , some went so far as to ‘ play dumb ’ when they were with male students because they knew that the men did n't like clever women . |
| 4 | Table 22 of Appendix 1 shows that when people have recently bought a major item for cash rather than credit , half did so either because they never use credit or because they prefer not to if they can avoid it . |
| 5 | Of those who did marry , comparatively few did so as young as 20 . |
| 6 | Criminal proceedings could be started in Libya , but this had so far proved impossible because neither the USA nor the UK authorities had responded to his requests to hand over copies of the evidence in their possession . |
| 7 | The Algerian League of Human Rights on July 8 criticized the use of military tribunals , prompting the military authorities the following day to release figures : 2,046 people remained in detention , of whom 262 had so far been consigned to six internment camps . |
| 8 | A project to clean up the Ganges which had started in 1985 had so far cost US$115 million and was due to be completed by the end of 1991 . |
| 9 | Given that framework , the glaring injustice to which the Whigs pointed was that the distribution of seats in Parliament should secure the ‘ representation of green mounds , of stone wall , even of a pig sty , while many of our most populous manufacturing towns remain unrepresented ’ ; that one propertied class should be overwhelmingly represented while another had so little say in Parliament . |
| 10 | Llewelyn caught her by the hand as she rose , with one of those warm , moving gestures of his that came so suddenly out of the very centre of his royalty , to join him by the heart with the simplest of those who moved about him . |
| 11 | Particles containing the b quark ( bottom particles ) are the heaviest found so far , some weighing in at around 10 times the mass of the proton . |
| 12 | This was surprising because Peter Such bowled so well at the other end , it should surely have helped Tufnell . |
| 13 | A meeting of the Committee of the Rambling Club , an essay or a report to prepare for next day , some knotty maths problems that seemed to have no solution , a party in the Junior Common Room , notes from a lecture on particle physics which needed tidying up ( Dr Glib talked so fast ! ) . |
| 14 | The Union Chargeability Act of 1865 also removed many of the disincentives to build by altering the basis of poor law finance , but the onset of agricultural depression after 1 873 followed so hard upon its heels that attempts to reform rural housing were rendered largely ineffective . |
| 15 | This dilemma was starkly perceived in June 1950 and answered in a way directly contrary to that anticipated so widely in the spring of 1948 . |
| 16 | Chief executive John Wyatt said he was still hopeful the target of 78 house sales by the end of the year would be achieved , with 41 sold so far . |
| 17 | They all tried so hard not to look too closely at her . |
| 18 | It all seemed so much easier this time round . |
| 19 | In the event , it all happened so fast that even had Doyle slipped into the garage after Weaver , he would have been too late to prevent tragedy . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , it all happened so fast that they cancelled the sold-out dates because they simply could n't get their work permits in time . |
| 21 | It all happened so fast that Jenna had no time to move . |
| 22 | It all happened so fast . |
| 23 | It all happened so suddenly . |
| 24 | It all happened so quickly — sometimes I think it may have been too quickly . |
| 25 | He swore it all happened so quickly , he could do nothing about it . |
| 26 | It all happened so quickly that Shepherd at first gave Miandad out . |
| 27 | It all happened so quickly . ’ |
| 28 | And it all happened so quickly … ’ |
| 29 | It all happened so quickly . |
| 30 | Brian Horton says it all happened so quickly … he got a phone call late on thursday morning but could not tell the players anything … |