Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] so [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I would remember , against my will , the fragrance of coffee and hot bread , the energy that had possessed me so short a time ago , when I had felt supple as an eel , as powerful as a salmon , as sure and quiet and graceful as an owl .
2 If he had n't rattled her so much the other day , leaving her high and dry to sneak off and join his girlfriend , she might have remembered to tell him about the dratted ledgers .
3 Well apparently he 's sold it so maybe the ne .
4 A tiny part of her wanted to confront him with what he 'd done ; yet she knew she could n't do it , could n't bear looking into his sea-blue eyes , or at the lips which had kissed her so tenderly the night before , only to laugh with Marianne today as he shared with her the secrets Shannon had confided so trustingly — so blindly !
5 Ma had held her so tight the buttons of her dress had pressed into Anna 's chest until they hurt .
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