Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had come so far to find this . |
| 2 | Would she have searched so ardently to find that patch of dull revealing blankness ? |
| 3 | Perhaps it was caused by the complicated influences of the valley where the men seemed so often to remain unmarried , sometimes perhaps because , as Beuno held , their mothers said there was no one good enough for them , sometimes because there simply was n't anyone . |
| 4 | It always struck me as ironic that these buildings , which had been designed to make that present appear futuristic , now served so well to make this present look exactly like the recent past . |
| 5 | And she had wanted so badly to stay alive . |
| 6 | We fail so utterly to reward responsible married women that if we give anything at all to single mothers we appear to be placing a premium — ‘ |
| 7 | When the history of that unhappy place is considered it may well be asked , ‘ What kind of a ‘ god ’ is it that has failed so abysmally to make good the promise ? ’ . |