Example sentences of "[vb pp] so [adv] [conj] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 The independent ethic they had courted so successfully since their conception was beginning to fall hopelessly apart .
2 Frankie felt himself gripped more tightly , then shaken so violently that his teeth rattled .
3 For we , like all animal species , have an optimum group size and it is one that we have exceeded so dramatically that our species is already well on its way to massive self-destruction .
4 And why does the dominant class submit to leaving some of its economic interests thwarted so long as its political interests are satisfied ?
5 True , at death our essence is finally overcome so far as its actualisation in space and time goes , but as long as we live we can go on realizing it in as full a form as circumstances allow .
6 Secondly , why did Sir Ralph just lie there and allow his throat to be cut so savagely that his head was almost hacked from his body ?
7 She was the Major 's gundog and had pined so badly when her master died , Blanche had considered putting her down .
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