Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun pl] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ignoring Matilda , he turned to his son and said , ‘ I 'm always glad to buy a car when some fool has been crashing the gears so badly they 're all worn out and rattle like mad . |
| 2 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 3 | Since then the Scots have perfected the art and , using the elements so generously provided for them by nature , distilled the whisky which today is inextricably woven into Scotland 's history , customs and culture . |
| 4 | Well , of course ! — everyone knew that , but to see the results so soon … |
| 5 | But even with England manning the barricades so heroically , they still needed luck to hold on . |
| 6 | Erm there 's the legendary Doctor Keat of Eton who er was was erm legendary precisely because he beat the boys so often and so vigorously . |
| 7 | Now you get the health problems caused by over tight corseting , which led to constriction of lungs , of ribs , in some cases , punctured lungs , a lot of cases of T B in the eighteen forties were in fact where the corset had compressed the ribs so tightly , that they 'd actually punctured the lung . |
| 8 | This interpretation , which broadly parallels Bernard Cohn 's argument that the Indian judicial system was manipulated because of culture conflict between British and Indian legal norms , does not explain why Sri Lankans used the courts so often . |
| 9 | ‘ Nor would any outlaw strip the corpses so carefully : jewellery and silver maybe , perhaps the horses and their harness , but not to the extent the porter described . |
| 10 | Charity gave a squeak like a startled sparrow , and dropped the binoculars so swiftly that the weight jerked uncomfortably on her neck . |
| 11 | Extreme care is needed not to space the tracks so closely together that any high voltages flash over between tracks can occur . |
| 12 | On the other hand , since his agent had accepted the terms so avidly , he thought there might be problems in getting them changed . |
| 13 | The stay-maker proper who cut and shaped the whalebone and canvas was a man , who needed other qualities as well as skill : " He ought to be a very polite tradesman , as he approaches the ladies so nearly . " |
| 14 | During this time , one senior auction house official noted that ‘ Each house has promised the heirs so much : advances , separate hard-bound catalogue , etc , that no matter which auction house gets it , it is bound to lose money on the sale ’ . |
| 15 | Why did the peasants fear the cadres so terribly if they were representatives of ou great Communist Party ? … |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , that 's very welcome , ’ she agreed , quietly sipping a tall glass of orange as Ben explained to both her and Ross exactly what they 'd told the twins so far . |
| 17 | I like to use shell-shaped pasta , not just for its marine association , but because it holds the juices and envelops the mussels so well . |
| 18 | They had used the words so freely in Seville and look what had happened . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had no complaints so far , ’ Merrill returned smoothly , and saw his lips twitch . |
| 20 | We await any proposals to come from him , and we have had no proposals so far . |
| 21 | They have played the roles so often that the women must be part of their lives . |
| 22 | Izzie breathed the words so softly into Gabriel 's ear that it was as if he had thought them himself . |
| 23 | Do you mean to tell me that you never see any case of obstruction , street shouting , begging , carts and cycles with no lights , no offences against the motor car laws , or in other words , that everybody — men , women , and children — know the laws so well that they can avoid the many pit-falls ? |
| 24 | To craft the pots so patiently from earth and water and then deliver them over to the mercies of fire and air . ’ |
| 25 | Had I known I was trespassing on his domain I would never have entered the woods so lightly . |
| 26 | Those who have denounced the pro-contraceptionists so bitterly should remember their own dictums , that Protestants — like embryos ought to have rights too . |
| 27 | He saw that Lewis would not re-enter Christianity by a new door but by the old one : at least in the sense that in taking it up again he would also take up again or reawaken the prejudices so sedulously planted in childhood and boyhood . |
| 28 | Normally they did n't like to sanction a digs so far away from the city and the university buildings , but Mrs Hegarty had been quick to explain how near her house was to the railway station , how short was the train journey into town , how good the bracing sea air . |
| 29 | Enkidu now dreamt that they had offended the gods so deeply that one of them must die , and he promptly declined into a fatal illness . |
| 30 | Of course , possessing a wardrobe of perfumes can seem an expensive indulgence — but because scent stirs the senses so effectively , it is worth every penny , beaming us back , quicker than you can say ‘ Tardis ’ , to happy memories of holidays and favourite people . |