Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] so [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is characteristic of the popular movement in the mid-seventeenth century that someone who helped to formulate an effective compromise on a crucial and contentious constitutional issue should remain so obscure a figure . |
| 2 | It was agreed however that a ‘ Red Lion Roundabout ’ should remain so named , even if the pub later changed its name to ‘ Rose and Crown . ’ |
| 3 | Thus , when the police officer comes to make his decision he must do so knowing of the defendant 's preference and any reason the defendant may have given for it . |
| 4 | It 's also ironic , I guess , that as our hired mini-bus travels through Harlem , the Belfast-bred trio should feel so intimidated by the possibility of violence . |
| 5 | It still bothered her that she should feel so contented with her new life when Gerry was dead . |
| 6 | That we should do so says a great deal about the arrogance of our cultural values . |
| 7 | All users who are asked by LIFESPAN to endorse the SSR should do so using option 4.4.0 — Endorse SSR . |
| 8 | Henri van de Velde , the movement 's leading theorist , believed that ornamentation and functional forms should appear so intimate that the ornament seems to have determined the form . |
| 9 | But it was typical of Pound 's kindness , even to a potential enemy or rival , that he should have so persisted in trying to give me the right contacts . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't understand why you should get so wound up about the prospect of making love now , when before you were … offhand about it . ’ |
| 11 | You may feel so attached to your baby that you loathe the thought of leaving him . |
| 12 | If the hair is chemically processed too often , it might break so treating it first will prevent it becoming very dry and damaged . |
| 13 | ‘ You could have told your men to try and make life difficult for me , in the hope that eventually I 'll get so fed up that I 'll accept your offer . |
| 14 | For instance , a child may become so fascinated by watching a car backing up the drive that she fails to realize the danger of being in its way . |
| 15 | But some people worry that the private sector does not have enough cash to mop up much of this vast sale , while others fear that the government may become so involved with selling the state 's assets that it forgets about the pressing problem of widening its tax base . |
| 16 | The avoidance of blackmail may become so over-riding an objective that it obscures all other logic . |
| 17 | If a particular monkey is chased and harried for as long as ten minutes , it may become so stressed that eventually it gives up trying to escape and sits to face its death without screaming or even resisting when the hunters finally seize it . |
| 18 | Female squid do not extend any parental care of protection to their eggs and may become so exhausted by the act of reproduction that they die shortly after . |
| 19 | When the tables had been cleared and those who could do so had entertained the rest with songs and recitations , the whole company settled down for a sing-song . |
| 20 | Anyone who could do so had already left the city for the comparative cool of the country . |
| 21 | We asked anyone who could do so to write a short statement about what the chapter was about . |
| 22 | ‘ Ah ! ’ he observed , as he had done at Bantry Bay , ‘ None but my brave English could do so brave an action ! ’ |
| 23 | Of course , there is nothing to guarantee that the authorities will stick by the same decision rules : they could become so agitated by public concern over the build up of inflationary pressure that they could jettison their employment objective and opt for contractionary demand management policies . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've always known what we did n't want our music to sound like , but we never realised that out of all that chaos we 'd sound so laid back . ’ |
| 25 | JERVIS : [ reprovingly ] I could never have thought that the son of my dear good lady departed could have so forfeited his honour as to endeavour to destroy a virtue he ought to protect . |
| 26 | On the other hand , such an authority must act in good faith , use the powers for the purpose for which they were given , take into account relevant matters and disregard the irrelevant , and must not act in a way so unreasonable that no reasonable authority could have so acted . |
| 27 | I often thought it was a pointless exercise , but , as he said , ‘ If you do n't ask , you do n't get ’ , and he hoped that eventually they 'd get so fed up with him that they 'd deliver . |
| 28 | I have my pile of objects , paintings , books , critics to throw out — and I dare say so have you — THROWING THE WRONG ONES OUT IS BETTER THAN THROWING NONE — CLUTTER — BETTING ON EVERY HORSE IS WHAT THE ART STUDENT DOES . |
| 29 | If you ever asked Ian to keep a debate going in committee ( while the front bench caught up ) he would do so to order and with a style 1 have never seen equalled . |
| 30 | They would become so hooked on their daily interaction with their licensed dealer that they would ring up and ask for job interviews , often with the connivance of their own dealers . |