Example sentences of "[adv] so [adj] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Misses Wynne flew to the window and exclaimed in ecstasy over the view of roof-tops and more roof-tops , and then exclaimed again at their luck in finding somewhere so peaceful and perfect . |
| 2 | The major exception is the ubiquitous iron knife , perhaps so common and such a personal item that it was felt to be expendable . |
| 3 | I was apologetic that I was apparently so inexperienced and free of everything . |
| 4 | The excavators at Silchester and Caerwent had found great quantities , but regarded it as merely so commonplace and ordinary , that they hardly bothered even to mention it , thus ignoring the important principle laid down earlier by the great Pitt-Rivers , who attempted to record everything he found ‘ however small and however common … common things are of more importance than particular things , because they are more prevalent ’ ( 1898 , 27 ) . |
| 5 | But they are none the less so different that many questions arise . |
| 6 | Nahum was no longer so kind or considerate , and he was prone to strange moods . |
| 7 | But , with him already so large and strong , we 're concerned he should n't panic unnecessarily , or become uncontrollably excited . |
| 8 | It 's just so lazy and unimaginative — the editors could n't be bothered juggling the various matches around and giving the Northern Ireland game what it 's worth . |
| 9 | I was just so nervous and negative standing over the putts , especially those from around two feet . |
| 10 | I could go on about how many different sounds you can muster from Marshall 's new baby , but there are just so many that this would be unrealistic . |
| 11 | Well it 's just so incredible that this oil has never been I mean nobody focused on it did they ? |
| 12 | But Rodney Shergold , normally so dapper and careful of his person , was not interested in chalk smudges ; his one desire was to escape from further conversation with Melissa . |
| 13 | Was it possible for such a large amount of people as inhabited Athena Gardens to be genuinely so cheerful and contented ? |
| 14 | In fact , national memories of wartime boiled mutton are still so strong that most Germans ca n't look at sheepmeat , even prime lamb , without searching for a dog 's bowl to put it in . |
| 15 | It was almost laughable that so much could go wrong for poor Faye , and it was becoming a miracle that the baby was still so strong and vigorous . |
| 16 | His childhood exposure to life in the streets of a western town , still so new that most of the people who had founded it were still alive , had left him with no illusions about people or their motives , and it was always for the motive behind the question that he looked . |
| 17 | But the wound was still so sore and tender that she could hardly bear to think about it . |
| 18 | The ‘ photograph ’ of the burial mound in his mind 's eye , still so sharp and detailed , had convinced him that therein lay something of importance . |
| 19 | Although this size is larger than those granules advocated in Chronic Diseases ( 200 to a grain ) they are still so small that one drop of the alcoholic LM 1 liquid can completely wet at least 500 of them . |
| 20 | And , on top of that , he frightened her … physically , sexually … the experience with Mortimer was still so raw and painful . |
| 21 | A relatively clear-cut organisation of this kind , later to become the typical form of internal structure of all foreign offices , had already been introduced in 1661 in Sweden , where the small machine for the control of foreign policy was still part of the royal chancery and hardly an independent entity at all ; but it is interesting that it should also have evolved relatively early in a country still so isolated and underdeveloped as Russia . |
| 22 | But that 's because I 'm used to Edgar and Isabella , who are always so clean and tidy . |
| 23 | You English girls are always so smooth and clean . |
| 24 | Why is it always so white and frothy ? ? |
| 25 | ‘ You were always so angry and violent , such a wicked child ! ’ |
| 26 | It was a relief in a way to be alone , without Miguel always so quiet and thoughtful by her side . |
| 27 | If the cause is a self-replicating entity , the effect , be it ever so distant and indirect , can be subject to natural selection . |
| 28 | He who loves his dream of a community more than the Christian community itself becomes a destroyer of the latter , even though his personal intentions may be ever so honest and earnest and sacrificial . |
| 29 | ‘ He was ever so gentle and nice , but sort of piercing — went right through you — ’ |
| 30 | Then she got more excited and told me that a Mrs Boatman had called from the National Insurance and was ever so attractive and charming . |