Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] so much [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly there were too many women realising that their happiness had to be taken at the expense of their men 's — men who had promised so much and could not now deliver the goods ; just like her father five years before . |
| 2 | In her case the disease had progressed rapidly with little instances of remission and her condition had deteriorated so much that within three years she was almost permanently confined to a wheelchair . |
| 3 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 4 | It did well , in a truncated version , but had cost so much that it did n't earn the studio a profit , and consequently Thalberg fired the profligate Stroheim during the filming of Merry-Go-Round . |
| 5 | I had n't intended to speak on the external affairs section , but the discussion had widened so much that I came in with the attached remarks . |
| 6 | By lunchtime on the 12th of October 1993 it had rained so much that schools were closed . |
| 7 | In duels of old , it had n't always been the sword going into the lungs that had killed so much as the drawing of it out . |
| 8 | The wide formal boulevards of Algiers , the plane-trees with their trunks painted white , the tall graceful white-painted houses with their balconies and shutters , the shade of the square reserved for Europeans : all these reminded him of the France he had loved so much as a child ; the towns of the South — Arles or Nîmes or Avignon , some of the small towns of the Loire . |
| 9 | The Organization of European Economic Co-operation had flourished so much that , by 1959 , it had eighteen members and other countries outside Europe , such as the U.S.A. , Canada , Australia & Japan , wished to join . |
| 10 | By the end of 1959 , the economy had improved so much that his oft quoted quip ‘ You 've never had it so good ’ had a ring of truth about it . |
| 11 | Gabriel had never in his life contemplated stealing so much as a flea from a dog . |
| 12 | She could think of nothing more to say , because she wanted to say so much and it was all forbidden . |
| 13 | Who else stood to gain so much if she could be frightened into staying quiet ? |