Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was as if , because she bore them so much love , the actions of her children had the power to anaesthetize some of her most cherished convictions .
2 They both agreed that if you could n't enjoy yourself on the way , what was the point in running a business that afforded them so much freedom to travel ?
3 It is the overall speed of the articulation which was so surprising , and which caused us so much difficulty at the stage of transcription .
4 ‘ Demented I tellee , ’ Sally Dade said , revelling in this juicy bit of news that brought her so much attention .
5 Mandy and Debby looked the part all right , they looked tough enough for this , particularly Debby , who gave me so much eye-contact and hand-on-knee and dressing-gown disclosure that I almost asked for her telephone number .
6 That bicycle gave me so much joy for many years .
7 It gave me so much joy … ’
8 ‘ My policy saved me so much time and money , ’ he says .
9 He gave her so much pleasure when she was with him and she had been lonely for so long .
10 even after his marriage , to mow the lawn ; it gave her so little enjoyment that Clara wondered why she did not let it go to seed .
11 Of course Rufus 's ready compliance with Anselm 's wishes , for which Anselm gave him so much credit , can now be seen to have been wholly political .
12 Before they parted it seemed to Sophia that he was trying to draw Ianthe aside , as if to make an assignation with her , but she gave him so little encouragement , indeed seemed almost to avoid him , that he had to be content with looking forward to the doubtful pleasure of meeting the whole party the next evening after dinner at the Trevi fountain .
13 We must also make it crystal clear how much shopkeepers , who gave us so much flak when we introduced the business rate and the community charge , will now be paying .
14 FRANKMOBILE : A certain tour van that gave us so much pleasure and pain during the first six months of this year .
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