Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So now can you see how politically , there is a kind of political subtext to this section erm as I say you can only follow it so far down a road then you come to a dead end but I think it 's there and you ca n't really ignore it , the political subtext . |
| 2 | Ackford , though , suggests that brute force will only get you so far . |
| 3 | For a few moments , to give Hookum Singh time to get to the hall and ring the bell for the last time , the Collector held the toppling pile of bodies by himself , then he sped across the drawing-room after the Sikhs , his boots crunching broken glass from the cases of stuffed animals ; the Sikhs had bare feet , however , and did not crunch it so loudly . |
| 4 | ‘ I have no doubt about that , otherwise you would not annoy me so frequently . ’ |
| 5 | Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage . |
| 6 | They entered for all parts of the competition , and their designs for the Foreign Office and the War Department were both placed seventh on the assessors ' lists , but Burn did not put them so highly , and in the end both designs were rejected by the judges , and their block plan , which had not even been seen by the assessors and presumably never tested against the conditions , was awarded third prize . |
| 7 | Because if he treated her as her father had treated Odette , she knew she would not bear it so patiently , would not bless him on the day he finally left her , as Odette had done , but would go after him with a knife to hunt him down . |
| 8 | After several days of argument in this court and consideration of conflicting authorities , with no decision of this court or the House of Lords on the point , I , for my part , can not dismiss it so easily . |
| 9 | well do n't eat it so quickly |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't make it so hard — please , Luke ! ’ |
| 11 | Erm , first the district did it and erm they did n't want it so then it was decided to have , to share it with county and that was a disaster too and they did so many cuts each a year and then county took it over . |
| 12 | They 're meant to hold on to it you know so she do n't need it so often . |
| 13 | We did n't know her so well as we think . |
| 14 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
| 15 | Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’ |
| 16 | We just did n't expect it so soon ! ’ |
| 17 | I did n't expect you so soon . |
| 18 | Correspondingly with over-runs , because editing was frowned upon , if you had things you wanted to cut out you could n't do it so easily . |
| 19 | Well , she wo n't do it so easily , I promise you . ’ |
| 20 | If we are out on the day it will be because of human error but computers ca n't do it so accurately . ’ |
| 21 | Things like that sometimes you can remember but because you do n't use them so often you think , Oh that 's strange . |
| 22 | He would n't like her so much now . |
| 23 | They do n't like it so well as London . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't see her so often . ’ |
| 25 | It is all so silly , and I would n't take him so seriously if it was n't for the fact that five years ago he had an affair and , yes , she had long hair . |
| 26 | Do n't take it so badly , it 's always crap for actors . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't take it so hard , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ Please , Juliet — do n't take it so hard ! |
| 29 | ‘ You should n't take it so seriously … |
| 30 | But do n't hold me so tight . ’ |