Example sentences of "[vb infin] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I do not think so this afternoon . |
| 2 | I do n't think so any rate , so you know bear in mind when you choose your prizes . |
| 3 | Did he think so last night ? |
| 4 | It was hard to believe that a monosyllable could convey so much terror . |
| 5 | There 's more folk working do n't make so much money on it . |
| 6 | Do n't make so much noise . |
| 7 | If I take them on the table they wo n't make so much noise then |
| 8 | So perhaps Lollo and I wo n't make so much fuss about going back to Earth . |
| 9 | They d do n't make so much fuss about it they distribute it and it gets on very satisfactory and people er , are very happy to receive these tickets . |
| 10 | ( 47 ) Why make so much fuss ? |
| 11 | This recalls the auxiliary use of need in questions , and indeed ( 46 ) and ( 47 ) above are equivalent to Why need we bother ? and Why need you make so much fuss ? , with all four sentences implying " for no good reason " ( cf. de Cornulier 1978 : 130 ) . |
| 12 | I never thought it 'd make so much difference , ’ she gabbled . |
| 13 | Oh , that 's twice I do n't know , do n't make so much difference but I 'm only a , sort of uneducated slob , but there you go oh god , it 's boring |
| 14 | Strange that something as solemn as death should make so little impression on her , while this trivial memory should pierce her through and through . |
| 15 | ‘ You can only experience so much fame , ’ he says . |
| 16 | Connie is bemused by all the attention , mystified why her garden which is ‘ a proper higgle-piggle ’ should arouse so much interest . ’ |
| 17 | Yeah but that the pump look cos they do n't , do n't need so much weed look that , we do n't put it on . |
| 18 | That helps it you do n't need so much polish if they use that they they fill that in . |
| 19 | such as f er for example a word processor clerk or may not saying , may not necessarily need so much training as |
| 20 | The consultants noted that substantial efficiencies could be made if the Crown Prosecution Service which oversees cases going to court , did n't need so much paperwork . |
| 21 | Policing needs to be locally based why do you need so many force headquarters ? ’ |
| 22 | For blankets they would send so much wool away and you got blankets . |
| 23 | Kvaerner Govan is now a small and efficient satellite of its parent across the North Sea , concentrating on specialist chemical , refrigerated and gas tankers , which do not generate so much competition from Korean and Japanese yards . |
| 24 | In areas of readily eroded rocks the rivers may carry so much load that one of two things may happen : either the estuary may be filled soon after it is formed or the aggradation may keep pace with the rising sea level so that there is not a stage of actual ria or estuary formation . |
| 25 | The police spokesman added : ‘ It is incredible that someone should carry so much cash around with them and leave it in a car . |
| 26 | ‘ You can watch so much stuff on the TV and forget it , but if you watch something like Plan 9 From Outer Space there 's something about it slightly missing the mark that just becomes remarkable . ’ |
| 27 | I could feel so much warmth and concern coming from her . |
| 28 | Angel was glad to be at home , and yet he did not feel so much part of the family as he used to . |
| 29 | But he could not feel so certain inside that Connon 's malady would respond to physical treatment . |
| 30 | Do n't feel so very goo as I 'm showering when I notice a discreet star-shaped brass plaque stuck on the tiles . |