Example sentences of "[adj] so [adj] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be shy at first , but after a while he will get over that : he is not half so shy as he was , of course not . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not half so keen as she is — she 's absolutely dedicated . |
| 3 | There 's a lot of erm , conflicting ideas about using Abbey 's rate book and , and you might look very confusing in itself , but actually it 's not half so bad as it seems . |
| 4 | Nor the white Hawthorn half so fair as he ; |
| 5 | It 's no longer so unusual as it once was to discuss openly , in certain forums , the advantages ( and heavenly bliss ! ) of safer sex . |