Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , subjects were dealt with so intricately and thoroughly few ever read them . |
| 2 | And really , in spite of the quartet 's realised commercial capabilities , this cunning reissue proves precisely why they were ignored for so long . |
| 3 | The door was smashed in so often that it had to be bricked up . |
| 4 | In the medical climate of the 1920s , when the possibility of chemotherapy was looked on so unfavourably , mycobacteria were among the least promising organisms to choose for such treatment . |
| 5 | Controversy aside , the fact that Dykstra was called upon so often vouched for Rangers ' ascendancy but the Hateley/McCoist goal machine seemed to have developed a mechanical fault . |
| 6 | The letter of the law was observed in so far as none of the names of the actual raped women were mentioned . |
| 7 | The fact that the " adornment " theory was entertained for so long deserves some explanation and its appropriateness can not be altogether dismissed in the case of " artificial " styles cultivated by such Renaissance mannerists as Sidney and Lyly . |
| 8 | The front quad of New College , Oxford illustrates clearly the usual quadrangle method of Medieval layout which was retained for so long by those universities . |
| 9 | There were n't many secrets in that neighbourhood and it is a wonder that Mud 's own was kept for so long . |