Example sentences of "have [verb] so [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 2 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 3 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 4 | But this has happened so quickly and I need time . ’ |
| 5 | Little has changed so radically and so frequently in the United Kingdom constitution during the past two decades as the structure of local government . |
| 6 | Indeed the climate has changed so radically and rapidly that some teachers feel over-exposed to parental demand , exploitation and expectation . |
| 7 | It had been a stupid omission , but then she 'd left so unexpectedly and in such a rush ; besides , she 'd expected Suzie to be at the address she 'd been given . |
| 8 | Whilst to begin with inevitable , Hodge and his colleagues need not have relied so heavily or for so long on Japanese personnel . |
| 9 | All the same , watching the thin , lemon beam of sun catch across the postman 's bicycle bars , she let herself think it unfair that her dear friend , Faith Lavender , should have died so suddenly and so much younger than the husk of a woman left in the next room . |
| 10 | Despite her anxiety she registered both the relief that Phoebe should have acted so promptly and a tiny flicker of jealousy , which she quickly quashed . |
| 11 | ‘ Odd thing , ’ Flavia said , ‘ I should n't have thought so either and now I 'm convinced she does . |
| 12 | She could n't quite get there on her own , not with having to lie so still and make no noise . |
| 13 | Few books can have captured so powerfully and quickly the imagination and appealed to the religious yearnings of a gullible public than Chariots of the Gods and its successors . |
| 14 | It seemed impossible that in a few short days her life could have changed so dramatically and fundamentally , and she told Rohan so . |
| 15 | She had never fully understood why her life should have changed so suddenly and drastically , though she knew by rote the duties and privileges of married ladies , and did her best to play her part decorously . |
| 16 | ‘ It seems a shame to have got so far and to be stuck on the last few , ’ said Judith , who can be contacted on 0420 22108 . |
| 17 | We 're already eleven weeks into the year and er so my talk 's gon na centre on what we 've done so far and what we expect to happen . |
| 18 | Well probably because er you know we try and keep up er er certain standard every year and er you know it 's very important doing a video that you have the right songs for it , you know to get a story book set up for each song and this one we felt when we had it finished was probably you know the best we 've done so far and lucky enough we 've been proved right . |
| 19 | The cloth was linen , for Mrs Maugham held that plastic table cloths were the last resort of the working classes , and had said so often and at length ; but it was adorned with place mats of plastic . |
| 20 | For some reason it was restful to watch him lay the crochet-bordered cloth cornerwise on the polished table just so ; arrange the tea-tray , and bring in delicate , perfectly symmetrical sandwiches , and the Victoria sponge which , under his wife 's direction , he had made so beautifully and had set upon a spotless lace doily precisely in the centre of the dish . |
| 21 | As Griffiths LJ explained in Lion Laboratories Ltd v Evans " I believe that the so-called iniquity rule evolved because in most cases where the facts justified a publication in breach of confidence the plaintiff had behaved so disgracefully or criminally that it was judged in the public interest that his behaviour should be exposed " and , as he aptly stated , " there is a world of difference between what is in the public interest and what is of interest to the public " . |
| 22 | Bathsheba 's young heart was full of pity for this sensitive man who had spoken so simply and honestly . |
| 23 | Do n't be impatient , assimilate the knowledge and learning you 've gained so far and then when the time is right you will coast forward even faster . |
| 24 | The French negotiators had very little leverage , because their president had indicated so often and so publicly his determination to reach an agreement as soon as possible . |
| 25 | Four years before his death , Chief Joseph had expressed the lifelong wish for which he had fought so persistently and waited so patiently : |
| 26 | The evening had started so well and ended so badly . |
| 27 | And who would be there for her at Casa Pinar where she had loved so desperately and lost so painfully ? |
| 28 | FEW companies have fallen so far and fast as IBM . |
| 29 | Themes in existence by 1950 were continued in subsequent decades but they have developed so extensively and changed so dramatically that their origins may now appear to be many years away . |
| 30 | Okay , we can agree what I have said so far but then I 'm going to have to look at other things once I 've made further changes . |