Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb mod] [verb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody could sit so still with her eyes open . |
| 2 | One had already borne him a son ; one would do so soon . |
| 3 | Expansion and contraction of awareness may be interdependent , so that ‘ Be aware ’ would not , for example , pronounce waking good but sleeping bad ; when exhaustion is blurring awareness one can go so far as to say ‘ You ought to go to sleep ’ , although only for the sake of waking with refreshed awareness tomorrow . |
| 4 | I can hardly believe that anyone should behave so cruelly and insensitively to any woman expecting a baby , especially to one like you , almost alone in a strange land . |
| 5 | The play was in fact being written during the period which led to her committal in Northumberland House : " You would never imagine anyone could sink so quickly " is Harry 's comment on the death by drowning of his wife . |
| 6 | He had my lord 's entire confidence — indeed it is hard to credit that anyone could change so radically as has my uncle . ’ |