Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It therefore looks as though a decade in which her political nerves had always been stretched was succeeded by a dangerous level of confidence when the situation became apparently so much safer ; she was no longer walking a tightrope , and she now walked too boldly on the ground . |
| 2 | The presence that rose thus so strangely beside the waters , is expressive of what in the ways of a thousand years men had come to desire . |
| 3 | my copy of the constitution that I filed away so neatly when I received that months ago . |
| 4 | The he made a U turn and drove away so rapidly that she could not make out his number , only the red tail light diminishing , at more than legal speed , down the deserted Embankment . |
| 5 | Newcastle Juniors lost 1–0 at home to League leaders Leeds on Wedneday , but coach Colin Suggett said : ‘ The lads played ever so well and were unfortunate to lose . ’ |
| 6 | They played ever so well this morning did n't you ? |
| 7 | The Randalstown club came ever so close to taking the title for the first time , and had they done so they arguably would have been the first second division club to win Ireland 's blue riband team championship . |
| 8 | She sort of froze for a moment , tried to smile and not smile at the same time , looked uncomprehendingly at me , turned ever so slightly towards the farther side of the road from me and walked away with quick nervous steps . |
| 9 | Joan frowned ever so slightly . |
| 10 | Her eyes widened ever so slightly and Jaq regretted his phrasing . |
| 11 | Alvar Salvadores and his companions bestirred themselves so well that they drove the enemy to their tents , making great mortality among them , and then they turned back , whereat my Cid was well pleased ; but Alvar Salvadores went on , hacking and hewing all before him , for he thought the ladies were looking on , and he pressed forward so far , that being without succour he was taken . |
| 12 | ‘ I always felt close to Freddie in the studio , whether he was there or not , because we worked together so intensively over the years . |
| 13 | I always felt close to Freddie in the studio , whether he was there or not , because we worked together so intensively over the years |
| 14 | I 'm glad that you got here so quickly . " |
| 15 | This time her mouth fell open so fast that she nearly lost her top dentures . |
| 16 | He said Tim ‘ went ever so quietly and it was very peaceful ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ But he did n't — he went ever so quietly and it was very peaceful . ’ |
| 18 | Fleischmann and Pons knew that they had no hopes of completing their work by May and that they could lose the race if Jones went public so soon . |
| 19 | Everything went smoothly so long as I lay on my tummy , but when they turned me on to my back I was assailed with a searing pain there . |
| 20 | Through the winter months , the larger firms gave further assurances that they were willing " to take immediate steps for the gradual reduction of female comps " ; some it seems went even so far as to dismiss women . |
| 21 | Perhaps few of the inhabitants went quite so far as the parents of Fly-Fornication Richardson of Waldron or Small-hope Biggs of Rye in their statements of religious principle , but a dominant number of the eastern rural and urban elite found their religious and political sympathies increasingly divorced from the fumbling attempts of the Stuarts to impose their image of the monarchy . |
| 22 | In one recent interview , the pock-marked organ-player fell apart so drastically , he wound up huddled by the fire barely able to form a coherent sentence . |
| 23 | Then , when everything fell apart so quickly , that scared me even more , because failing at something like that is just about the most frightening thing that can happen to you . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't work out how you got there so quickly . |
| 25 | Walsh was switched up front from the centre of defence and manager Brian Little admitted : ‘ I think he did ever so well and I am glad I made the decision . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He did ever so well in that match , which showed he has a terrific attitude . |
| 27 | Great run again by Mickey , did ever so well , came inside , knocked a good ball into , unfortunately he just could n't get hold of it and the goalkeeper came out and collected it . |
| 28 | You know I thought the keeper did ever so well , you know , made a couple of good saves in the first half and just changed the game for us . |
| 29 | But now that I think further about it , I am not sure Miss Kenton spoke quite so boldly that day . |
| 30 | He did n't have to tell her to go , she ran away so fast . |