Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Teague would also be put out if his comeback with second division Moseley were to go so well that he 's in contention for a place . |
| 2 | I am very reluctant to go so far when we — or rather you — could be so near a better resolution . |
| 3 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 4 | you 're five eight you 're five eight , you stand , you st I do n't think same size as my mum I do n't think so somehow cos my mums five eight and my mums erm quite tall |
| 5 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 6 | With her heart thudding so loudly that she felt sure he must feel it through her ribcage , she took another gulp of tea and waited , knowing he must speak , explain somehow what it was that had suddenly flared between them again . |
| 7 | Shilton rightly won the PFA 's player award , while Burns re-formed so impressively that we writers voted him Footballer of the Year . |
| 8 | But her pouch has a muscle around its mouth which contracts like a draw-string and shuts so tightly when she goes into the water that her young are in no danger of drowning . |
| 9 | The independent ethic they had courted so successfully since their conception was beginning to fall hopelessly apart . |
| 10 | Black and white cows grazed so picturesquely that one expected at any moment an eighteenth-century milkmaid to come prancing out from behind a white-blossomed bush with her three-legged wooden milking stool . |
| 11 | That way everyone born after that particular time would have their sins forgiven so long as they believed in Jesus . |
| 12 | Her heart was galloping so fast that she felt quite giddy with happiness . |
| 13 | His insecurity will persist so long as he bottles up change , no matter how well his ruling party behaves . |
| 14 | It was the red-haired left-hander 's first win over the squash legend , the first time he had played a match lasting an hour and 50 minutes at this level and won , and the first time he can ever have gambled so audaciously as he did at 13-13 in the final game . |
| 15 | That 's something which has developed so quickly that it 's almost ahead of us ( as it were ) in terms of planning . |
| 16 | But er we got out eventually , and they managed to get a road through to us , and but er And er I remember another time where a bank came in and they were one man trapped in the far end and there were another man trapped on this end and my brother and me we we dug round to him , we got to him , we got him bared so far and what To his waist , and it was still bitting and we got hold of his belt , right , ready ? |
| 17 | In recent years , it has been argued that the position and powers of the Prime Minister have altered so considerably that it makes sense to talk about the rise of prime ministerial government and the transformation of the Cabinet into yet another " dignified " part of the constitution . |
| 18 | It was a cool challenge , drawled so quietly that she almost missed it . |
| 19 | I think that 's had it , I think the er man from customs Simon was saving that , the man took it all apart and I think that 's why it probably got broken so quickly because I think they messed with it . |
| 20 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 21 | Her heart was thumping so loudly that she wondered for a fleeting second whether Scott could hear it . |
| 22 | She had stopped so suddenly that he obviously thought he 'd distressed her . |
| 23 | Thank you for the prompt and efficient service given so far and I hope this is an indication of the quality of supervision that we can expect . |
| 24 | Frankie felt himself gripped more tightly , then shaken so violently that his teeth rattled . |
| 25 | The escape pod was rotating so rapidly that its four occupants were pinned against their couches . |
| 26 | While pursuing a complaint through the grievance procedure is sometimes worthwhile , you do not forfeit your right to claim constructive dismissal if you have been treated so badly that you decide that raising the matter through the company 's internal procedures will not help you to achieve a fair deal . |
| 27 | In Jordan v. Burgoyne Lord Parker C.J. made the point that the expressions ‘ threatening , abusive or insulting ’ are all ‘ very strong words , ’ and Lord Reid in Brutus v. Cozens repeated the warning against too expansive a reading of the section , observing that ‘ vigorous and it may be distasteful or unmannerly speech or behaviour is permitted so long as it does not go beyond any of these limits . ’ |
| 28 | The blue component of incoming solar radiation is scattered so severely that it appears to our eyes to be coming from the entire sky . |
| 29 | I 'll , I 'll ask this other girl who I do n't know so well but I 'm sure if she 's going that way , she , you know , she 's in that area anyway . |
| 30 | Why are hospital patients discharged so quickly and what happens to people who can not afford the expense of convalescent care . |