Example sentences of "you [verb] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I just wondered what progress you 'd made so far .
2 You did n't disagree with Dad the other day , anyhow , when he remarked that since you 'd worked so hard for your qualifications it was a pity that there was n't a firm around here large enough for you to use them .
3 ‘ I did n't know you 'd got so bleeding sensitive , ’ she said , pulling a filthy pair of leggings on over the nappy .
4 Erm well I 'll if you could , if you could do me a list of , of what you 've , what you 've missed so far so we know where we are as it were erm what er mm
5 You are given a much needed breathing space to sit back and assess what progress you 've made so far in life and where you 're likely to go from here .
6 It 'll be able to remind you of all the wonderful speeches you 've made so far .
7 " That 's the only silly thing you 've said so far .
8 ‘ All you 've said so far is that some kid thinks he 's seen the man we want .
9 All you 've said so far just confirms what I have long suspected — that you were so determined to get to the top , so determined to succeed that day , that you quite deliberately drove my brother off the track ! ’
10 Erm having er decided that , let me ask you if you of what you 've seen so far , and I have n't gone into er whichever product er do you thing this is do you think you could erm get into the habit of selling advertising and earning fairly substantial commission .
11 You 're always gon na have objections , I think you 've seen so far , throughout the whole sales process , some are more awkward than others but you got by them but the majority will come when you ask for the business , or go to ask for the business .
12 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 .
13 ‘ That 's the worst reason you 've given so far for marrying Mr Edgar , ’ I replied , shocked .
14 Most of the stuff you 've met so far is continuous functions .
15 " You 've done so already . "
16 ‘ We ca n't have you fading away to nothing , after you 've done so well for yourself these last few years . ’
17 which is burnt off when the whole thing gets fired in the kiln , so what will have to happen is the , your pots you 've done so far , once they 're thoroughly dried and go into the kiln , they 're fired at a high temperature and then they 'll come out this bit fired you 'll then separate them with oxide pastes , dip them into glaze , which I 'll explain in a minute , and re-fire them at a higher temperature , the glazed would
18 On the board this morning we 're going to have a bash at thinking about some targets , we 're going to have a bash think about , how you think you 've done so far ?
19 kind of if you do , if you do manage to get some , some feedback on some of the stuff you 've done so far it may turn out that it was n't as bad as all that , you know
20 erm , so that if , if they then go to an appeal er , I was talking to this planning officer and I was saying that I think I 'll consult them , he said I do n't think you 'll need to he said , and of what you 've done so far is pretty good and I can get access to all the letters that have been written in , in objecting into the into the homes
21 ‘ Since you 've asked so nicely , Manderley , I am pleased to announce the imminent arrival of one Miss C Grayson .
22 Is that the best you can do , after you 've waited so long ? " — and sometimes to this the voice would add irritatingly — " and after saying No to that darling actor ? "
23 I think they found it surprising , after all the trouble we 've gone to promote this loving relationship , that you 've strayed so long from my side . ’
24 That 's the information you 've got so far .
25 Explain to me what you 've experienced so far . ’
26 With the benefit of hindsight er could the tornado programme have been made more efficient with the lessons that you 've learnt so far , er from er Eurofighter an and secondly , perhaps more difficult , er the lessons you have learned from tornado and certainly from the current project , could they be transferred to other complicated collaborative er project , programmes like cobra and ?
27 But as you 've spent so long thinking it over , I suspect that , deep down , you 've decided it is n't really worth the risk .
28 You 've been so good , you 've worked so hard , I do n't know what I 'd have done without you , etcetera , etcetera , it 's just that sometimes you exasperate me ! ’
29 Richard and I thought you had settled so nicely ’ — as if I was some sort of jelly — and then , ‘ Well , if you really want to , I suppose it would be nice for you to earn a little pin money . ’
30 Looking to her for comfort was like looking through a drawer for something which you knew was not there because you had looked so often before : you knew what was there — in painful and tedious detail — but there was nothing that you wanted .
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