Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] so [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 When he was shot he was not wearing his jacket or tie so presumably he felt at home , wherever it was . ’
2 replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or
3 replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or
4 replace your car if it is lost , stolen or damaged so much it would not be economical to repair it ; or
5 They may be irritable or talk so much they become incoherent .
6 And , while she was chewing on that , suddenly some fierce Czech expletive rent the air , then , ‘ Hell , did you have me fooled ! ’ he raged , and when she had been certain that his fury was wholly on account of her pretending to be a journalist when she was not , he proceeded to throw her thinking totally out of gear when , his face whiter than ever , ‘ You wanted that interview so badly you were even ready to commit adultery to get — ’
7 Kathleen remembered nothing of the drive home , turning automatically into the parking area behind her flat and letting herself in with hands that shook so badly she could scarcely hold the keys .
8 The whole ritual took most of them half an hour though there were always a few that gossiped so much they had to be nagged by their Head Girl .
9 She writes : ‘ To meet him is to confront the unexpected , and a brain that operates so quickly you need to engage your own grey matter at the gallop . ’
10 The next day , he got up , sat in the sun , stood up , and fainted so completely I thought he was dead .
11 This lamb 's leg was tangled with twine and swollen so badly it had to be put down .
12 I do n't know , basically I 've been working so hard and pushing so hard I have n't really slowed down to even think about what I 'm doing with my work .
13 I did n't even notice that , but I did notice her across the road at Mrs and know so right she 'd been there I just did n't notice where she went , but I heard the bell ring and I could see this anorak through there and me mind thought Mrs , perhaps it 's Mrs but then when I saw this this lady well I just did n't know what to think really .
14 We get people on the programme singing and dancing so badly it 's painful , but they come back the next week and tell us that everyone 's stopping them in the streets to congratulate them , not slag them off . ’
15 He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair .
16 I mean it is it is genuinely part of the definition but the definition they had originally has got stretched and stretched so now it it does n't there 's no obvious tie up with oxidation , meaning burning and taking up oxygen , and reduction is the of opposite , so if you get the oxygen out or you put hydrogen in or where it gains electrons .
17 In the Sheriff Court , there are fourteen days to enter appearance , but to do so here it is necessary to produce to the Sheriff Clerk the Service Copy Writ so that he can satisfy himself from when the fourteen days is calculated .
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