Example sentences of "ever so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miller ( 1978 ) suggests that the contractarian element was no longer ever so solid . |
| 2 | ‘ He was ever so gentle and nice , but sort of piercing — went right through you — ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm ever so dyslexic , are n't I , dear ? |
| 4 | If you were to approach one , ever so cautious , lips pursed for the coming osculation , it would leap , trailing warty legs . |
| 5 | And she says , ‘ Piss off , you great hairy Yank , d' you know , actually I love you ever so much . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Derrida , Foucault , Kristeva , Lacan , Barthes : just reeling off their names is ( as Auden said in a very different context ) ever so comfy , since it safely defers the issues at hand to nothing less than a transcendent signified : in short , to a star . |
| 8 | I have returned home feeling much better and of course , will be ever so grateful to the Association . |
| 9 | ‘ I can pay for the damage if ever so bad . |
| 10 | ‘ I could run a club like this , ’ they say in an expansive sort of way , leaning back as they enunciate every word ever so carefully . |
| 11 | The fact that I had so little self-control seemed to be irritating him ever so slightly . |
| 12 | He leaned back in his chair ever so slowly . |
| 13 | Your cheque went , and the money came back , through the car window ( opened ever so little ) — on a conveyor belt . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's ever so cold , ’ said Lee . |
| 15 | Today 's ever so special . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Today 's ever so special . |
| 17 | ‘ Ta ever so , ’ said Gloria . |
| 18 | Just natural and nice , and ever so ladylike . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Her husband was a real gentleman , ever so brave . |
| 20 | She 's ever so posh , but she 's ever so kind too . |
| 21 | She 's ever so posh , but she 's ever so kind too . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's ever so dark round here , ’ she whispered . |
| 23 | She 's ever so good . |
| 24 | He 's ever so nice . ’ |
| 25 | Dot said , ‘ Your husband was ever so brave , were n't he ? |
| 26 | ‘ Ooh ta , ever so . |
| 27 | ‘ Gloria said you was ever so posh , bit like our king and queen . |
| 28 | She said , ‘ It 's ever so real-looking , like a person , except it 's so titchy . ’ |
| 29 | Truth is , I 'm still ever so peaky . |
| 30 | That train must have been in ever so early . ’ |