Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Themes in existence by 1950 were continued in subsequent decades but they have developed so extensively and changed so dramatically that their origins may now appear to be many years away . |
| 2 | The official report avoids the whole issue of how and why Blake and Lonsdale were able to meet so easily and relies entirely on what it was told by MI5 . |
| 3 | The difference now , however , is that such arguments are multiplied many times over , both by the much more extensive use of technology and the great number of technological developments which appear so quickly and exist at the same time . |
| 4 | HWIM , Hearsay-II , and HARPY , examples of the Symbol Processing paradigm , can construct representations of the processing that has been done so far and operate on the individual hypotheses within that space . |
| 5 | It was definitely a case of two points lost , but I am more disappointed that we played so well and did not win . ’ |
| 6 | It is doubtful whether any other golf course , with the exception of St Andrews , has been written about so much , photographed so lavishly and expanded upon so frequently . |
| 7 | For some reason it was restful to watch him lay the crochet-bordered cloth cornerwise on the polished table just so ; arrange the tea-tray , and bring in delicate , perfectly symmetrical sandwiches , and the Victoria sponge which , under his wife 's direction , he had made so beautifully and had set upon a spotless lace doily precisely in the centre of the dish . |
| 8 | What would you do if some man out there in the anonymous darkness of the audience fell under the spell you create so skilfully and believed you were singing those sensuous songs just for him ? ’ |
| 9 | But , in essence , it is a journey on wheels into the realms of beauty and grandeur I know so well and love so much . |
| 10 | I only know that it was remarkable that he could react so swiftly and swoop down round the rabbit 's ears . |
| 11 | It had seemed a little exaggerated that an elderly woman could move so rapidly and catch a younger man off guard . |
| 12 | ‘ No-one expected Rovers to be doing so well and challenging for the League , ’ he admitted . |
| 13 | Courier had never beaten the German in five previous meetings , never looked like doing so yesterday and said : ‘ He just beats me every time we play . |
| 14 | train , train never went back it always went so far and stop |
| 15 | ‘ A good manager and record company has to explain this will go so far and stop . ’ |
| 16 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 17 | She could n't quite get there on her own , not with having to lie so still and make no noise . |
| 18 | It was the sort of weapon that you saw John Wayne wielding so well and twisting round his finger , but I did not like the idea of this thing which I was looking straight up the barrel of . |
| 19 | It was the first time that the chubby presenter , the ravages of drink clear in the dark bags under his eyes , had ever gone so far and admitted in public his total dependence . |
| 20 | Never before had he gone so far and labelled himself an alcoholic . |
| 21 | When it appeared to be over — he 'd stopped breathing so heavily and lay with his eyes closed — she asked him who Stella Maris was . |
| 22 | Whoever used it did so rarely and left few traces . |
| 23 | You can also step up the feeding rate , but do so gradually and keep a check on your water . |
| 24 | The evening had started so well and ended so badly . |
| 25 | Four years before his death , Chief Joseph had expressed the lifelong wish for which he had fought so persistently and waited so patiently : |
| 26 | And who would be there for her at Casa Pinar where she had loved so desperately and lost so painfully ? |
| 27 | To be sure , the great apes behave so intelligently and have such a rich social life that it seemed extraordinary to many people that they could not learn to speak . |
| 28 | Beryl Smith again drew attention to the strenuous time our trainers have , called upon as they are to travel so far and having to tackle what seems to be a non-stop training programme . |
| 29 | When she awoke she was surprised at herself for dreaming so foolishly and resolved to think less about the mysterious Mr Kettering in the future . |