Example sentences of "it [vb past] [vb pp] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had become so much a matter of routine that when she answered he came close to putting the phone down before he realized that all he 'd heard was , ‘ Hello . ’ |
| 2 | He had enjoyed the performance but felt it had become so obviously a theatrical production that it was now a long way from what had taken place in the Middle Ages . |
| 3 | It had begun so well . |
| 4 | Its expressed view , that the Uprising was part of that violence which the United States now wished the PLO to bring to an end , indicated it wished to eliminate the source of the new political reality , against which it had laboured so long through its preference for negotiations through Jordan . |
| 5 | If it were possible to unfold the entire long history of the world 's religions in such a manner that it could be scrutinised , assimilated and judged in a single all-embracing operation , the verdict would be that it had strayed so far from the basic human need , and so far from the intentions of those good and sincere people who have throughout that history struggled to maintain its integrity , that it might well be condemned outright as a story of failure unmatched by anything else that has ever happened on earth . |
| 6 | Asked why it had taken so long for Doris to get back in touch with this world , Mr Lacey explained that it was probably the exhaustion caused by her illness , the brain operation and unsuccessful medical treatment . |
| 7 | It had taken so long … it had taken two young ensigns , a native pensioner and a Eurasian clerk to lift him up to this platform , and now he would have to get himself down again ! |
| 8 | It had seemed so very straightforward at first , at the time of his recruitment . |
| 9 | It had started so insidiously , the odd remark if she happened to meet a friend when they were together . |
| 10 | Early had his hand on his gun , but it had happened so fast even he could n't do anything . |
| 11 | It was almost too much to take in , how it had happened so quickly , so unexpectedly . |
| 12 | Had it been deliberate Edouard hesitated , unsure ; it had happened so quickly that it was difficult to know . |
| 13 | Her only excuse was that it had happened so quickly — too quickly . |
| 14 | It had happened so suddenly . |