Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was small and poky , the carpet stank of sweat from all the bands that had rehearsed there over the years , the floor was rotten and covered with fungus More unpleasant smells came from the toilet that did n't work and the leaking skylight which let in so much rain the whole place was always damp . |
| 2 | Why does the capture of the ark cause quite so much consternation ? |
| 3 | The additional organisational problem is to have the video equipment you need set up so that recording and playback sessions do n't disrupt the working of the other groups . |
| 4 | Test me in this , ’ says the Lord Almighty , ‘ and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it . |
| 5 | Feature features ‘ Trouble Over So Much Skin ’ , a show devoted to exploring issues of sexuality in art ( until 31 July ) and Blum Helman has asked twelve or so sculptors to contribute pieces to ‘ The Figure ’ . |
| 6 | When nookey is in the offing bosoms do not so much swell as burst over the lace like a pair of dumplings rising to the surface of a casserole pot . |
| 7 | Or rather , they do not so much dance as cling to one another , rocking drunkenly with the tide . |
| 8 | It is true that everyone needs to eat to stay alive , but biological requirements of this sort are too ‘ basic ’ to have much explanatory power ; we do not so much wish to understand why societies produce food as why they produce different kinds of food in different ways . |
| 9 | When you repress or bottle up so much anger , you simultaneously diminish other feelings , including love and affection . |
| 10 | Yet , over the space of two days while waiting for Ryder to appear , guitarist Mark Day shows me his holiday snaps of Barbados , drummer Gaz Whelan is more preoccupied with the hassles of having a broken foot , while PD and Paul Ryder do n't so much brag as baulk at the very mention of drugs , seeming far more at home with talk of ‘ middle-eights ’ , ‘ mixing desks ’ and ‘ jamming grooves ’ . |
| 11 | I WONDER why so much consideration is shown to paedophiles , surely the lowest and most disgusting form of human life . |
| 12 | Indeed this is so clear that I sometimes wonder why so much effort usually goes into attempting to prove it . |
| 13 | The ecclesiasticism that so often gets in the way of the gospel ; the temporal concerns of church politics that take up so much time ; the fussiness of much of church life ; our obsession with ‘ churchy ’ things — all these and more are aspects of additions that are really secondary concerns . |