Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’ |
| 2 | after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion thereof in your breath ( blood or urine ) exceeds the prescribed limit . |
| 3 | ‘ after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion thereof in your breath ( blood or urine ) exceeds the prescribed limit ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ after consuming so much alcohol the proportion thereof in your breath ( blood or urine ) exceeds the prescribed limit ’ . |
| 5 | and Potts J. ) [ 1992 ] R.T.R. 129 upholding the decision of a metropolitan stipendiary magistrate sitting at Bow Street on 22 January 1991 dismissing an information against the defendant , Frank Warren , that on 11 May 1990 at Jermyn Street , London , S.W.1 , he did drive a motor vehicle on a road after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his blood exceeded the prescribed limit , contrary to section 5(1) ( a ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't have a feeling that after putting so much energy and a big piece of my life into the Maryinsky I could leave . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's their reward after showing so much patience since last autumn , ’ said Gerry Anderson . |
| 8 | He began his term in office much in the spirit he intends to go on when he blasted the banks and receivers for causing so much misery among the small business community . |
| 9 | Instead , having been assured that Rick no longer had any violent feelings towards her , she earnestly pleaded that she had long been awaiting an opportunity to return it in person and apologise for causing so much distress . |
| 10 | As it was , the prospect of spending so much time in his company was enough to send cold shivers down her spine . |
| 11 | Apart from passing regret at the thought of losing so much money for old rope , my immediate reaction was to compare the fee for writing a letter of consent with what my 47 years of toil in journalism will soon produce by way of a pension . |
| 12 | She looked the possible winner a furlong from home , but faded near the finish as the task of conceding so much weight told . |
| 13 | ‘ We could n't take the risk of blowing so much money on someone we are unsure of , ’ said Toulon 's manager Roland Courbiss , ‘ I wanted Charlie in the team but we had to be sure because of his reputation . ’ |
| 14 | A small table by the door had been spread with a green cloth embroidered with the insignia of the League , two thistles crossed above the initials L.S.L. , and here , armed with white name cards and a bristling collection of pins , sat Mrs MacPhail , a determined young newcomer from Hamilton , Ontario , who had managed to obtain the post of secretary because none of the older members felt like undertaking so much work . |
| 15 | — Anyway , he 's not worth getting so worked-up over . |
| 16 | If the country 's nuclear experts really are as bright as they would like us to think , they should be bright enough to come up with a convincing case for spending so much money , or to find cheaper ways of demonstrating the technology . |
| 17 | Novelty plays an important part in all of our lives yet there is always something of a balance to be struck between having so much novelty that life becomes unbearably unpredictable and wearing , and the opposite where sameness drives us mad with boredom . |
| 18 | And the Bank of England 's ease in selling so many gilt stocks early yesterday is a reminder of just how great the budget deficit remains and how much more public borrowing must follow — taking cash that might otherwise have bought shares . |
| 19 | The young Welshman shaped as though to shoot and in doing so committed Walker . |
| 20 | In the 1830s , as we have seen , Loudon reversed the traditional orientation of architects , and in doing so turned society , by implication , upside-down . |
| 21 | ‘ You were always flowery ; you got it from reading so much poetry . |
| 22 | Likewise it would be equally regrettable if in finding so much satisfaction from the face , we withheld from our children the artistry of creating a mask . |
| 23 | Maybe she was being foolish in placing so much importance on those brief few words she- and Billy had exchanged in the park . |
| 24 | It is doubtful whether the Evangelicals , in laying so much stress on the last hour as indicator of the soul 's future state , realised how great a departure this was from the eschatology of the early church . |
| 25 | It is not long , however , before the reader realises that in investing so much time and effort in a small number of individuals . |
| 26 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Eccles ( Miss Lestor ) o securing this debate and on mobilising so much support from her side of the House . |
| 27 | And in Amabel 's experience it had always been the wife who complained of it , Ethel Lord , for instance , fretting herself into a decline , or very nearly , when her husband had taken to spending so much time in Leeds ; Maria Colclough turning to religion because her man emerged so rarely from his counting house ; even strident Lizzie Braithwaite complaining that she had been neglected for the sake of the business . |
| 28 | It can reduce your heating bills , since your home will waste less heat , and you can maintain the same internal temperatures without burning so much fuel . |
| 29 | I must explain my ruse for prising so much stuff — good stuff — out of the islanders . ’ |
| 30 | On the other hand they are criticised for making so much money in a world that pampers them , and for covering themselves in sponsors ' deals to the point that the locker-room at the Players ' Championship sometimes seems like Gasoline Alley at the Indy 500 . |