Example sentences of "[verb] so [adj] [conj] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its presence in everyday life became so large and so intense , and in such a short space of time — say 20 years from the Coronation in 1953 , acknowledged as the ‘ take-off date — that its influence is strictly incalculable , over other media and over most facets of life . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is not surprising , because those demands change so much and so often . |
| 3 | Third , the plight of the business may be so grave , and the selection of the individuals concerned so inevitable and so urgently required , that consultation would make absolutely no difference to the outcome . |
| 4 | It had taken her months to get used to eating so late and so many times a day . |
| 5 | ‘ I have observed you very closely , Alice , and I do not believe you lack a passionate side to your nature for all you choose to appear so cool and so calm . |
| 6 | Each time I saw you coming dancing towards me along a sunny street , moving lightly on your toes like a boxer , with your slightly duck-toed run that I , a turned-out-toes walker , found so male and so sexy , my heart jumped in my throat and I wanted to run towards you and throw myself into your arms . |
| 7 | She looks so silly and so beautiful , he thought ; not surprising that she gets the money on . |
| 8 | I conclude that they have done so much and so well they will find it hard to let go those duties . |
| 9 | Had she ever felt so brittle and so cold ? |
| 10 | She had seldom felt so old or so tired or so wretched . |
| 11 | Driving away into the city streets , she 'd never felt so alone or so friendless in her entire life . |
| 12 | However , on rare occasions — perhaps twice before in recorded history — a change occurs so profound and so far-reaching that the entire orientation of society is altered completely in a relatively short period . |
| 13 | She said in a low , fierce voice , ‘ Why do n't you smile and look nice , ’ and he blinked with surprise , looking so small and so sweet that she softened . |
| 14 | THE FIRST thing you notice about The Wishplants is how they make performing on stage look so good and so damn easy . |
| 15 | Something which could interest her without being thought so eccentric or so socially damaging that it would upset her mother . |
| 16 | It is to the credit of these players ( and to William MacIlwraith 's also ) that I do not recall ever having laughed so much and so heartily at a play that I liked so little . ’ |
| 17 | It happened so fast and so drastically that I nearly slid after him , managing only instinctively to pivot on one foot and throw myself headlong back onto the boards still remaining solid behind the hole . |
| 18 | When you exacerbate this situation by confronting him with direct questioning or something which intimidates him and causes him to feel even more nervous , his breathing can become so rapid and so shallow that it borders on hyperventilation . |
| 19 | It was actually against Brighton ( 10–1 ) , here at Selhurst Park on 3 January 1942 in a wartime London League match , but even so , there can be few , if any , other players whose careers began so early and so explosively . |
| 20 | THE cast list of the real-life royal soap opera is now getting so long and so complicated that all except its most avid followers can be forgiven for losing track . |
| 21 | Cheltenham 's owners club has proved so popular and so successful thanks to Fuzzy Logic that a second horse is being bought and put into training with the David Nicholson stables … |
| 22 | In fact she talked so much and so often about it that I feel I have been there myself . ’ |
| 23 | Many thanks to those who worked so hard and so well to prepare the children . |
| 24 | It was indecent , surely , to stand like this , in public , and feel so alive and so excited ? |
| 25 | The little mouse which had run so fast and so far would now sit still in its corner . |
| 26 | Hypnosis is rather like the former situation ; you are aware of all that is happening but , because it feels so right and so pleasant , you allow it to happen . |
| 27 | It felt so safe and so right , and at the same time so electric , stirring her in ways that were becoming increasingly familiar , and increasingly delightful . |
| 28 | Lo and behold , when I got to court , this old lady was there and I felt so ashamed and so sorry for her . |
| 29 | He saw so much and so keenly , his vision enhanced by his occulobe . |
| 30 | Did Daniel Ortega struggle so hard and so long , suffer seven years in jail , and defy the mighty US at such cost to his country , only to drive his jeep into the sunset ? |