Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't really want to and I find it difficult to believe and I 'm not sure I want to because I feel so fucking drained and sore , but the thing 's actually responding , fattening and firming and rising in her kneading , soap-slick hands . |
| 2 | I do so again to counter the growing myth that Teesside is becoming some sort of earthly paradise a wonderland where industry and nature have achieved perfect harmony . |
| 3 | ‘ I do so much want to congratulate you and your parish on the televised celebration of your Mass for the Feast of Christ the King yesterday . |
| 4 | For I too have the same taint of ‘ foolishness ’ upon me as my great-uncle Fred , though I 've so far escaped the anguish of his illness . |
| 5 | So you see , although I have tried since — needs must ! — to subdue that dangerous spirit of rebellion , I have so little succeeded that — that … ’ |
| 6 | … those countries which I could not visit in my proper person , I have so attentively read about , that as I turn round a globe I can almost fancy that I know the appearance and characters of the portions of the great world itself which lie mapped out under my eye , and observe all that is going forward on its surface . |
| 7 | My comments are not meant to seek to prescribe to others how they should go about things , nor are they written in the belief that the ways that I have so painfully worked upon are necessarily the best , or the only ways of doing things . |
| 8 | THE best sermon I have so far heard was on the subject of ‘ ontological anxiety ’ . |
| 9 | Before proceeding further it may be useful to summarise the conclusions I have so far reached . |
| 10 | For I have so far lived almost wholly the outer life which is so distressing to think of and to endure . |
| 11 | The whites I have so far met have courage . |
| 12 | I have so far said little about variation , the third property required for evolution along with multiplication and heredity . |
| 13 | None of the authorities to which I have so far referred dealt with a situation in which a decision was made which directly affected one party , A , and at the same time indirectly affected a second party , B , so as to raise the question : is there any duty in the decision-making authority to be fair towards B ? |
| 14 | The cases to which I have so far referred do not , in my opinion , establish any principle that depends on concepts of agency . |
| 15 | The cases to which I have so far referred have all , bar one , been cases in which a wife has given security or become a surety for her husband 's obligations . |
| 16 | I have so far received only one explanation of what this advisory unit I am setting up is supposed to be doing . |
| 17 | ‘ Activity' seems to be one car — all I see as I meander my way through the hills above the lonely hamlet of Núpur. beyond it is the biggest fish-drying frame I have so far seen , with overflow fish hung on a wire fence alongside . |
| 18 | The answer I have so far given that it is from achieving effectively and efficiently , fundamentally important aims such as developing inventiveness , initiative , adaptability , intellectual curiosity , sensitivity , confidence , and so on — general transferable skills and attitudes which will equip our students for their future lives . |
| 19 | In that case the solutions that I have so far given to the first equation would no longer be acceptable , but one could take x=1 , y=2 , and z=1 . |
| 20 | ‘ Within these criteria I have so far ensured that buildings have not suffered closure , but in the future this may not be possible owing to the shrinking budget , ’ said Mr Eyton Jones . |
| 21 | But while on the subject of confessing ignorance , I must also state that I have so far made it through life without witnessing or participating in an Orange Walk . |
| 22 | The arts collaboration practices I have so far observed have been inadequate models of curriculum practice . |
| 23 | But , in addition to the somewhat haphazard list of alternatives that I have so far mentioned , there is a pre-eminent group which does comprise whole animals , namely human beings . |
| 24 | The ones I have so far mentioned might be called mimetic , that is , the distinctions king/servant , sane man/madman , are distinctions that exist in real life , outside the theatre , and are rendered within a Shakespeare play by the distinction between verse and prose . |
| 25 | Perhaps the most disturbing factor I have so far encountered is that any savings from outpatient surgery are to the purchaser 's benefit , not the provider 's , and therefore outpatient surgery will effectively incur a financial penalty . |
| 26 | By some miraculous quirk of fate , I have so far managed to get through life as a jobbing hack without ever once having to put my opinions on the preachers into print . |
| 27 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
| 28 | In spite of the profound dissimilarities between father and son , and the bitter personal conflicts between them , Frederick II remained always the executor of Frederick William I. ‘ Only his care , ’ he wrote of his father , ‘ his untiring work , his scrupulously just policies , his great and admirable thriftiness and the strict discipline he introduced into the army which he himself had created , made possible the achievements I have so far accomplished . ’ |
| 29 | There are continuities between the positions I have so far outlined , despite their differing ideological biases . |
| 30 | THERE are two questions upon which I ponder every day and to which I have so far found no reasonable answer . |