Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] so [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They really do n't care where they send them so long as call up up Edingley Hill what |
| 2 | Sexism rarely manifests itself so grotesquely as in the cohabitation rule , and hostility to it among feminists is virtually unanimous . |
| 3 | We did n't know her so well as we think . |
| 4 | Did n't know her so well as you did . |
| 5 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 6 | Would she have enjoyed him so much if she had thought the whole thing permanent ? she asked herself sternly now , sitting up in bed and shaking off the poppy and mandragora effect that thinking about that summer had on her . |
| 7 | Mr Dalrymple 's son Joe said the gunmen had been prepared to shoot anybody so long as they were Catholics . |
| 8 | Anyone can do it so long as they are not criminals or kids , and promise to play by the rules . |
| 9 | It is important that this potentially very valuable approach safeguards itself so far as possible against misinterpretation : in particular , that the content of religious belief does not really matter , that knowledge of religious tradition is unimportant , and that any opinions and beliefs are acceptable so long as they are sincerely held . |
| 10 | Dealt with me himself , and never told anybody so far as I know . ’ |
| 11 | Ellen forgot herself so far as to sit down plump on the bed . |
| 12 | Seldom before have England needed him so badly as they go into tomorrow 's third Test in Bombay already beaten 2-0 in the series by India . |
| 13 | You could make them see it so clearly if only you 'd try . ’ |
| 14 | They do n't like it so well as London . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't mind anything so long as we 're safe , ’ she said . |
| 16 | I 'm shouting at the 4th one not to do them so tight because I could n't move my fingers and they just told me to shut my mouth and go quietly . |
| 17 | VISITING LADY : Well , Mistress Pamela , I ca n't say I like you so well as this lady does for I should never care , if you were my servant , to have you and your master in the same house together . |
| 18 | I was surprised that Madame expressed herself so warmly when she spoke of Nissim . |
| 19 | Sien had ‘ that Dolorosa expression ’ which had affected him so deeply when he had seen it depicted in the picture Woman in Mourning . |
| 20 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 21 | He sat up and left the bed upon which she had given herself so frequently since their wedding day . |
| 22 | Often people are unclear themselves about their motives for doing something so even if you question them you may not reveal the real motive . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ I hit her so hard because she was choking me . |
| 25 | You loved him so much when you were a little girl . |
| 26 | Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned . |
| 27 | Linda Darnell despised him because he had treated her so badly when making Fallen Angel and Forever Amber . |
| 28 | Human beings have never touched me so nearly as now when ‘ Nature ’ was so close : I think , too , I never before struck such firm roots into human hearts ’ . |
| 29 | The roofs were most often not their own : long since , the community had drawn in from its perimeter , sharing its water , its food and its warmth , and distancing itself so far as might be from the walls and the thud of the cannon . |
| 30 | AN old lag has vowed to go straight — because police treated him so kindly when he was banged up in their station . |