Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , moreover , very difficult to explain in any other way why there should be so much helium in the universe . |
| 2 | However , such talk might be so much stuff and nonsense . |
| 3 | So cos I said to Lynn as I said what I 'll do , I 'll go slow then one of you 'll have to put it out cos there 'll be so much work to wrap up I should be taking it home with me to do it . |
| 4 | It could be so next time . |
| 5 | Everyone felt more alive when he was around : there 'd be so much fun and games and nonsense — and there was always a bit for everyone , do you know what I mean ? |
| 6 | Well if you did n't there 'd be so much change on the bail that they all start to fall off and there 'd be all one big muddle cos that and as chain coming down that used to come right down into the chain locker to the bottom of the ships . |
| 7 | There is a danger that some schools may be so busy fishing for pupils in other people 's ponds that they forget to guard their own . |
| 8 | Bookshop staff went round handing out sweets and , as the light faded , a portable telephone was taken along the line for those who wanted to tell their friends and relatives why they would be so late home . |
| 9 | No , I 've got to revise for my erm science test tomorrow and I 've got loads of stuff to do , I 've got to keep going for the weekend , actually I have n't got that much to do , I 've got drama that I can do if you just would be so kind turn over to number three so I can have a look at some adverts I 've got a , will there be any adverts after |
| 10 | Such comments explain why there can be so much discussion of undergraduate courses within specific disciplines , and yet so little of the undergraduate curriculum as a whole . |
| 11 | There can be so much love huh |
| 12 | Perfect we can not be , either by accident or ignorance ( like your sweet ignorance , little one ) , or by strenuous effort ; but we can be so near perfection that , from our present and ordinary level , that nearness would seem perfection itself . |