Example sentences of "[verb] [art] so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 6 The group pauses every so often to check how they are getting on .
2 I recall her pacing the sitting-room while I am doing my homework , pausing every so often to stand at one of the windows and look down into the busy street below .
3 On the eve of the Lord 's Test , though , he was relaxing , hoping son Shoaib would be recalled before he returned to Lahore , pausing every so often to throw a plastic ball at his bat-wielding , knee-high grandson .
4 He went out of the orchard most uneasily , turning every so often to look at her as she contemplated her hens .
5 No amount of modification to any of the existing faiths could ever have the so greatly longed for effect , only a completely new religious concept based on a credible ‘ god ’ can be successful .
6 A lonely place , though the porter caused some light comedy with his staggering and drunken curses , stopping every so often to wave Ranulf on , urging him to hold the lantern horn higher .
7 Slowly they advanced , stopping every so often to bark and be barked back at , then reorienting themselves .
8 In its humped posture it runs along in a zigzag path , quivering its wings and stopping every so often to make sure that it is being followed .
9 On the other hand , it may also represent a so far overlooked beneficial aspect of NO .
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