Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun] so [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wore a rich robe so encrusted with precious metals and stones that I wondered if he could stand up under the weight And his eyes were tiny , wet and somehow avid as he looked me over — wholly ignoring Mala — from head to foot . |
| 2 | Malcolmson has commented that a result of this withdrawal of patronage by the gentry and the better-off farmers as social distance increased was that " a solid barrier so developed between the culture of gentility and the culture of the people " . |
| 3 | This was one of the older parts of the forest , and its silence was a thousand-year atmosphere so distilled that it was almost physically affecting . |
| 4 | Much so-called ‘ atonal ’ music is only music with a tonal foundation so obscured or disrupted that it is not easily perceived . |
| 5 | As for the English speaking , a child of far more than three has no difficulty learning Italian and is so far from being wedded to the tongue he has begun with that he forgets it within a few months so do not say to me that is an obstacle . |
| 6 | Prince Charles has many of the powers of a king , particularly in the Queen 's absence , and to a diminishing extent so do the other princes , princesses and minor royalty , at further removes from the throne . |
| 7 | Day 1 Rent — At this stage there is a future benefit so set up an asset and review at end of month . |
| 8 | Over-bleaching is a real hair-destroyer so do not embark on it lightly if you have dark hair . |
| 9 | Ten years ago yesterday British Rail signed a million-pound contract so work could start on repairing the Victorian building 's roof . |
| 10 | A RUCKSACK IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT SO TAKE TIME TO CHECK OUT OUR BUYING TIPS AND COMPREHENSIVE LISTING FIRST |
| 11 | No hazards but there 'll be a good crowd so get there in plenty of time . |
| 12 | Using the hypothetical examples above , for instance , this is how it might work out : skilled employment ( 4 ) the top possible score : employment duration — she has just gone back to work ( 1 ) ; housing — she has had to move to a smaller flat(l) so has n't been there long ( 0 ) ; she does have a bank account ( 4 ) ; but is separated ( 0 ) ; and quite young ( 2 ) . |
| 13 | I was drinking Monk and Monk was a heavy beer so fuck I gets out of the car and fucking oh fuck , but anyway said to me look I 'll go up , say my name , and I 'll bring you home , I was living with my sister at the time and I sat on a wee low wall , I 'm just the wall , fu fuck I , in the middle of the day , nobody , they were just drinking er Dawn this is way were , it 's fucking maybe twenty five years ago , twenty six and er fuck he sat me on the wall he had to s I could n't see he says to me er fucking I heard a voice , Raymond like this is the exam tonight you 'll have to sit there . |
| 14 | And he says oh no , I says no I says it 's a full set so keep your bleeding hands off , he says well all rest in house are mine . |
| 15 | Halling : " In this Parish , and distant about a mile from the Church and street which are on the western banks of the Medway is Upper Hailing , a small hamlet so denominated from its situation by the side of a narrow stony road , which runs beneath the range of hills and leads from Whornes Place , in Cuxtone , towards Paddlesworth , Birling , etc. , it now consists only of two tenements one of which was a Chapel , and the other opposite is an Ale house . |
| 16 | It may make the statement : ‘ I have survived despite having such a cumbersome tail so mate with me and your offspring will be as successful as me . ’ |
| 17 | Herbs too are a practical addition so keep them near the back door , perhaps framed with a fragrant low hedge of lavender or santolina . |
| 18 | In a world so construed , and a motivational context so defined , it is clear why violence is not perceived as an acceptable behavioural option in interpersonal relations . |
| 19 | And fifteen minutes later , with all the completed questionnaires returned , there was good reason to suppose that Morse could be right , since three of those concerned , Eddie Stratton , Howard Brown , and John Ashenden , appeared temporarily unable to provide corroboration of their individual whereabouts and activities during the key period of the previous afternoon — the afternoon when the original groups , three of them , had been re-formed slightly ( following Kemp 's telephone call ) , and when anyone wishing to absent himself for some purpose would have been presented with a wonderful opportunity so to do . |
| 20 | Now there are occasionally criticisms from members that there is too much concentration on the elite end of sport in the Sports Federation in this instance the R Y A but what is important about the is an effort to produce a very high standard as a finished product so to speak to go to the Olympics but it also helps to concentrate minds on the bit that is missing before and help to recycle everybody 's concentration into the training area and Rod has just been talking about the year of youth and of course it follows on very naturally in a post- olympic year to launch that year of youth . |
| 21 | Well you 're looking for a new penknife so look at the penknives |
| 22 | This should get our year off to a flying start so contact the office for details if you have n't booked your place yet . |
| 23 | The , the note is in fact er effectively the Bank of , could have endorsed it to , to a third party so to speak exactly as it would have done in any er any fiscal currency of the er of the type . |
| 24 | The analysis gives a maximum condition so generating an envelope of certainty ( see Figure 5.12 ) . |
| 25 | For although Red Rum went on to win two more Grand Nationals in 1974 and 1977 ( and to finish second in the intervening years of 1975 and 1976 ) , and although Crisp beat Red Rum easily the next time they met , there has never been a big race which a beaten horse so deserved to win . |