Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But things are so not now I 've started thinking more commercially . ’
2 They 've got two fire stations , but all the houses are so far away they never get there in time .
3 ‘ We are so far behind I fear we shall never catch up , ’ he says , gloomily .
4 The thing between himself and Isobel had been so long ago he had difficulty remembering it , and it had been a mistake from the first .
5 The vociferous one had a cape and a velvet waistcoat and was either more than a little tipsy , or had been so so often he could behave no other way .
6 It had been just as much his fault .
7 ‘ I 've been away so long I felt a bit like the new boy walking into the old school when I arrived at the studio for Carry On Columbus , ’ he admits .
8 The motivating questions are not so much what , as why and how.From the linguist 's angle , it is " Why does the author here choose to express himself in this particular way ? "
9 Small meetings , regular get-togethers of people who mostly know each other , are not so much my concern here , because they will probably run to an agreed format and be fairly self-contained .
10 the balance was in our favour , we 're better off though it 's got ta go in the bank
11 They 're all right individually I 've no doubt .
12 They 're normally out tonight she 's let me down again .
13 Well what what do you mean what do people think they 're not out there they 've all gone flipping Sunday shopping .
14 so you can do that with him , so if you 're not too well you know like
15 I made a mistake , like Margaret said , you 're not enough yet you , you , you 'd never learn , you would .
16 So whenever you see people who 're not quite like you and maybe there 's something about their workstyle that you do n't like think about it this way .
17 And that , in a strand of metal that 's rapidly dying on its feet due to excessive plagiarism and a glut of shite bands , means they 're way above almost anything the Yank corpse grinders can manage .
18 And that , in a strand of metal that 's rapidly dying on its feet due to excessive plagiarism and a glut of shite bands , means they 're way above almost anything the Yank corpse grinders can manage .
19 Right you 're off now here we go .
20 If I do n't do any work over the weekend they all moan at me , if you do n't because you 're always round here nothing is said
21 Well not to worry cos we 're nearly there so we can have a sit down
22 I mean if if you 're here even now you 've got your notes down rather than in your hand and and you stand and read but you do n't use that or you do n't use that then there is that tendency is n't there to ?
23 I wonder if there are more out there who have had similar calls ?
24 Some physically disabled people like these may not want to vote , but there are probably far more who would like to , but ca n't .
25 ‘ I 've nothing to change into , but I 'll be all right now I 've had a drink , and something nice and hot to eat . ’
26 I 'm all right now you said .
27 Prefer it to be down there then I can you stay there !
28 In joining London Gay Switchboard , I 'm not sure quite what I expected .
29 ‘ Yes , one might , though I 'm not sure quite what .
30 But we 'll just have a word with Anna-Lee and if , I think you know , she 'll say what 's it concerning and if I 'm not there well she can put them through to you .
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