Example sentences of "so [adv] [subord] she have " in BNC.

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1 How could she spend Roman 's money so lavishly when she had just parted from her lover ?
2 Emily sighed heavily , no more would she sit beneath those trees reading or idling away her days so carelessly as she had done , was it only a few short weeks ago ?
3 Would she have enjoyed him so much if she had thought the whole thing permanent ? she asked herself sternly now , sitting up in bed and shaking off the poppy and mandragora effect that thinking about that summer had on her .
4 It had been so long since she 'd seen so many people all at once .
5 But it had been so long since she 'd talked , really talked to anyone , that now she felt stiff and awkward .
6 A woman laughed , a carefree tinkling laugh and Emily paused in wonder , it seemed so long since she had felt like laughing .
7 It was so long since she had been to a party like this .
8 ‘ Goat stinks , ’ said Camille , for it was not so long since she had been frequently taken by Connie to children 's zoos where these creatures — mostly nannies and kids — were considered suitably sized and disposed to mingle briefly with the children of men .
9 It 's so long since she has seen him . ’
10 She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now .
11 There she could call for any food or liquor she wanted , so long as she had the wherewithal to pay the inflated prices demanded by the Sponging House keeper .
12 The allowance is given from the date of bereavement to the end of that tax year , and for the following year so long as she has not remarried by the start of that year .
13 ‘ And stay in England ? ’ asked her mama , not wishing to lose a Sally-Anne who , for whatever reason , seemed to have changed so greatly since she had last seen her , as a spoiled , petulant and wilful child , thinking only of herself .
14 There were things to be said and asked , things they both needed to understand , but she was n't inclined to risk such a potentially traumatic discussion now , so shortly before she had to go out and be both professional and sociable .
15 She could n't even feel resentful that he slept so peacefully after she had suffered a sleepless night of angst .
16 He was voicing a desire which he feared might only bring him Meh'Lindi 's contempt — so soon after she had honoured and anointed him with her body .
17 Andrew Walker was bound to have Veronica 's address and telephone number but a request for them , so soon after she had been asking questions about the woman 's husband , might well arouse his suspicions .
18 With less children , a woman can feel at peace , she does n't get old so quickly as she has n't got so much work .
19 But the niece was very bitter about it — I had to write a letter to her solicitors a year or so later because she 'd been bothering Angela long after the estate was settled . ’
20 So far as she 'd been concerned they had been just friends .
21 ‘ Yes , so even though she 's been on a self-monitoring programme for several years now I felt that constant professional supervision was necessary , and so did Dr Russell . ’
22 And the niece , leaning on his shoulder , wept again for Auntie , whom she had known so well since she had been a very little girl .
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