Example sentences of "[adv] so [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person apparently so eager to live life to the full she never left home without an adequate supply of vintage champagne to drink between engagements . |
| 2 | Thirty-one very very young age , for someone , apparently so so talented to die . |
| 3 | It was no longer so easy to remain an island of reason when every timber surrounding us had been magically selected ; when our departure had been synchronized not with the weather , but with inner portents of another kind of time . |
| 4 | They were no longer so ready to see themselves as isolated settlements on the sea coast , unrelated to each other and uninterested in the interior . |
| 5 | ‘ The man gave it to my husband , who did n't ask for names , he was just so pleased to see it . ’ |
| 6 | Just so easy to do it to you now . |
| 7 | It 's just so difficult to control … |
| 8 | ‘ I used to visit it everyday and it 's just so hard to know I wo n't see it again for a while . |
| 9 | When I saw that I wanted to be him , or one of them , or both of them , but anyway I was just so happy to watch them together . |
| 10 | and stuff and they 'd be shouting down they were all like , they were all real East End barrow boys and , and just , it was exactly like the film , just talking talking talking all the time on two phones and like , and like I was just so scared to go in there because I , if you do anything wrong they just shout immediately . |
| 11 | I did know I was just so angry to begin with that it just , they 're , they 're so |
| 12 | I did n't really stop to look earlier — I was just so glad to get out of the weather . ’ |
| 13 | Now I 'm not so stupid to believe that we 'll always necessarily agree on how those objectives should be met . |
| 14 | If you stand in front of a mirror and look at yourself and say , okay I 'm just too fat , I 'm going on a diet , and you have sufficient willpower to stick to your diet , you will lose weight , so when you 're talking about behaviour , it 's not so stupid to think that will is associated with the final outcome , because we know that people can will things which have , which have affects on their emotions and their , and their behaviour and their state of mind . |
| 15 | Larkin 's own oast house is not so good to look at . |
| 16 | Relaxing a little , she told herself that having discovered the identity of R , it was not so essential to grill him after all ; but on the other hand , there was still the matter of the concealed photograph to be explained . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , I 'm not so anxious to go up there . |
| 18 | Crocodiles are being preserved in some parts of the world by farming them , because that means that it is not so worthwhile to go out and kill the wild ones . |
| 19 | Suddenly it was n't just fun any more , and his parents were not so content to encourage hi , He had a job as an engineer at British Aerospace , he had security , prospects . |
| 20 | The second question : Is it a book for children or adults ? is not so straightforward to answer . |
| 21 | That shows the side of the health service that the hon. Lady is not so keen to talk about — our investment in the future and our effective use of facilities and resources . |
| 22 | Perhaps I 'm not so keen to have this day end after all . ’ |
| 23 | She added : ‘ Some donors are not so keen to make contact with the people they help but I have always wanted to receive a picture of Berend and , maybe , meet him . ’ |
| 24 | But it 's not so easy to persuade people to do what you want — not when they 're pillars of society ! ’ |
| 25 | Gazzer took a step backwards , disturbed to find that he felt threatened : she was not so easy to manage after all . |
| 26 | Everybody knew and said I should leave , but it 's not so easy to leave your home and all the furniture I 'd bought when I was on the railway . |
| 27 | But it was not so easy to brush him off afterwards . |
| 28 | A chap may think he 's in control of himself but if he 's really attracted to a girl , it 's not so easy to stop at … well , just kissing . ’ |
| 29 | In 1922 it was not so easy to predict crop yields as it is today . |
| 30 | ‘ In a changing environment , where people have to work for a living , it is not so easy to give all your spare time to running golf . ’ |