Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shall be extremely sorry to see it leave . |
| 2 | I sincerely wish you many happy returns of the season which I can scarcely realise as the winter of England , so odd does it seem to have the thermometer at 99 on Xmas day . |
| 3 | We at the Philharmonic , er Lennie 's family are especially sorry to see him go , he meant a tremendous amount to all of us . |
| 4 | She was puzzled for some moments as to the source of the smell , so little did she expect the brothers would be so dirty . |
| 5 | How could something that felt so right make you look like this , as if you had just committed the worst crime in the world ? |
| 6 | How much further do we need to explore to discover happiness in God ? |
| 7 | So popular did they become , that their decoration , usually with scraps , became one of the amateur arts to loved by Victorian ladies . |
| 8 | So lively did it get on occasions that Bishop Story had to order the pilgrims to carry crosses and banners in 1478 instead of the coloured staves with which they were prone to hit each other at the height of their religious fervour . |
| 9 | In fact , so contemptible did I find his dismissal of my judgement as to what constitutes talent on the football field , that I flatly refused the £200,000 fee they were willing to pay for Colin Webley and let the useless git go on a free transfer ! |
| 10 | So much did he dread that his own was a case of ‘ redemption by parricide ’ that he emphasized the unwillingness with which he accepted the divine call with language which is exaggerated and almost coarse . |
| 11 | Even Graham , one of the few members who had left home and lived in a flat , would be helping in the campaign , although he would not be voting Conservative , so much did he dislike the personality and politics of the local MP . |
| 12 | Jezrael 's fingers crisped into the grit beneath her ; even her face worked with the adrenalin that surged up , so much did she want to shove him away and make him save himself . |
| 13 | Do you like singing in the village , where everybody knows you , or would you in some ways be less nervous do you think if you were singing like even to folk , who just do n't so well ? |
| 14 | Probably the most demanding kind of speech recording is that of voice-over commentary — it is so easy to make it sound embarrassingly amateurish . |
| 15 | In the novel I can believe he is saying such things , perhaps because I am hearing his voice in my head , in the privacy of my own mind ( I am thinking him ) and I am extremely relieved to hear him say them because his words bring to an end a certain kind of conflict between himself and Connie . |
| 16 | Of course , if we do this two spits deep , so much deeper do we increase the potential for fertility . |
| 17 | It was so hard to see you suffer when I knew you 'd always been the most gentle , caring person in my life . |
| 18 | You know how difficult it is to get your hands on anything these days — and your mother tries so hard to make you look nice . |
| 19 | ‘ So glad to see you 've got a new sofa . |
| 20 | He is not necessarily cleverer than other workers , but his commitments are less likely to make him jeopardise his job . |
| 21 | and one of the key ways of stopping people killing themselves would be to change from the old antidepressants onto the more modern safer ones which A are easier to take , less likely to make you kill yourself , and er |
| 22 | Although the 3 extracts above are necessarily brief do they illustrate the differences pointed to on p. 10 ? |
| 23 | ‘ I 've waited so long to hear you say you found me attractive , my darling ! |
| 24 | It was so beautiful to hear you say those words . |
| 25 | She turned from him and went out of the room , across the hall and pulled open the front door , which she did n't bother to close behind her , so angry did she feel . |
| 26 | It was probably because she was always so reluctant to let him make love to her , she decided . |
| 27 | I wanted to thank you … ’ she began , not really comprehending why she was so reluctant to let him go . |
| 28 | Serafin knows now why Summerchild was so reluctant to let him see this place and so anxious to make him settle for the dingy remoteness of Northumberland Avenue . |
| 29 | How much smaller do you want ? |
| 30 | Half-way up they met Pipkin , who was small enough first to let them pass and then to turn round and follow them . |