Example sentences of "so [adj] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never seen him so strange before . ’ |
| 2 | I 've never heard you say anything so definite before ! ’ |
| 3 | She was so slim before : where does she lose the weight from , I wonder ! ’ |
| 4 | How can you now suddenly decide that this is the truth when you were so convinced before that I was guilty of every form of unscrupulous dealing possible ? ’ |
| 5 | He had been so sure before — and anything would be better than a decision that he might later come to regret . |
| 6 | ‘ Their men had always been so butch before , and now you see very mannered , rather ‘ nelly ’ movements . |
| 7 | I do n't think I 've ever been so tired before or since as I was just that , that first year when we were probationer nurses . |
| 8 | Boulestin had found , like so many before and since , that in England the price of perfection is too high . |
| 9 | I do n't think I 've ever led by so many before and it 's a nice position to be in . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd never seen her look so evil before . |
| 11 | I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked . |
| 12 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd never seen Lisabeth so sentimental before . |
| 14 | I have never seen one so close before , and it looks so bold , and bossy . |
| 15 | And I began to be conscious of my unnatural state , and cry in the night sometimes for no real reason except that I wanted a man beside me — any man at all , I sometimes thought , and the little voice which had been so snooty before , now held its peace on the subject . |
| 16 | The situation was n't so bad before . |