Example sentences of "[vb pp] so [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After she and John had done so much to guard against the enemy without , the fatal wound was to come from the friend within . |
| 2 | Luke Rittner , secretary general of the Arts Council , said inflation had outstripped grant aid by 6 per cent , and ‘ a failure by government to recognise this situation will be a cruel slap in the face to an arts world that has done so much to adapt to the market economy of the 1980s ’ . |
| 3 | He became angry and frustrated , having struggled so hard to rise above his humble background to become a physician , and the marriage he had seen as his link to success was more like a chain binding him to the spoilt daughter of the man whose position he envied . |
| 4 | This was not a lucrative job , but she had had so much to do at home that she could n't undertake anything else . |
| 5 | yeah yes I wondered if David would be on bus , I saw Wendy having a he worked later today because he 's got so much done on front of the er that weather he could n't er , do any decorating outside still we never got nobbled down street providing the er canvassers |
| 6 | Any people with any sexual , political , musical , literary ( need I go on ? ) persuasions will all be replied to by this young man Hurry up and write — we 've got so much to talk about . |
| 7 | We 've got so much going through the big wire , put another little wire on as well . |
| 8 | We 've got so much to think about . |
| 9 | BELVILLE : Nothing could be called so that belongs to the Countess of Pembroke . |
| 10 | He complained that there was no root of Veratrum to replace one lost nor of the various martagons which he had found so slow to mature from seed in England . |
| 11 | The two approaches to the study of the mother and child relationship we have discussed so far-that based on physical care and that dealing with attitudes — each originally hoped to reveal the major determinants of children 's personality development ; neither , however , has succeeded in this task . |
| 12 | So , why has the PC taken so long to get to grips with the market and how is it faring today , some two years after the phrase ‘ desktop publishing ’ was coined . |
| 13 | She gave a light , forced little laugh , moving away from the touch of his hand , which was wreaking such havoc on emotions she had tried so hard to keep under control . |
| 14 | Having waited so long to hear from the ‘ one man ’ who knew what had happened , when he appeared they could do nothing but gaze on him ; having made him into a celluloid star , there was no reason at this point to spoil it , and make him real . |