Example sentences of "you [vb infin] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This recalls the auxiliary use of need in questions , and indeed ( 46 ) and ( 47 ) above are equivalent to Why need we bother ? and Why need you make so much fuss ? , with all four sentences implying " for no good reason " ( cf. de Cornulier 1978 : 130 ) . |
| 2 | Policing needs to be locally based why do you need so many force headquarters ? ’ |
| 3 | If you have n't picked up these two handbooks that are on the table outside , can you do so some time today , okay ? |
| 4 | ‘ Do you have so little self-confidence ? ’ |
| 5 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |