Example sentences of "they [vb base] so [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No wonder they make so much profit . |
| 2 | ‘ With Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire being such an important base it 's hardly surprising they want so much land , but I really wonder at times whether they need so much ? ’ |
| 3 | Quantum leaps from working class to the chair of a board of directors of a multinational corporation are rare , which is why they attract so much attention when they occur . |
| 4 | They give so much joy and then you can always hand them back when you 've had enough . ’ |
| 5 | They use so much petrol on a taxi business they got she 's got about a dozen still I think . |
| 6 | The more often they mate , the more likely they are to be the one who fertilises the eggs , and the more certain they can be that the offspring they expend so much time and energy in rearing are theirs . |
| 7 | ‘ They carry so much power , it 's frightening , ’ he says . |
| 8 | ‘ They 'll miss Andrew Ettingshausen and Laurie Daley , but it 's still a very strong squad and they 've so much talent to choose from , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Hate those questions because they take so much time . |
| 10 | But Llanelli must be favourites to reach another final because they have so much talent amongst their backs , especially in Ieuan Evans and Nigel Davies . |
| 11 | Because they have so much trouble finding beds in London hospitals , they 've got this little company set up to do the job for the doctors , so there is no way in the world that I can believe there 's a shortage of beds . |
| 12 | In fact , they have so much power behind that they find going downhill awkward , and sometimes , in flight down a steep place , they may actually go head over heels . |
| 13 | Busy parents can justly retort that they have so little time to check on their children , that they can not always follow through their threats to discipline them . |
| 14 | They spend so much time immersed in unglamorous stuff — transient and trivial details that vanish and reappear to be done again the next moment . |
| 15 | In fact they spend so much time flying head first into burns , one would have thought they could save even more time by simply opening their mouths and taking on water without the inconvenience of having to reach for the day-glo bottle . |
| 16 | Headhunters are , by definition , enemies of long-term company loyalty and , because they spend so much time persuading people to move , it is hardly surprising that they themselves do not hesitate when they see an exciting new opportunity . |
| 17 | They spend so much time thinking about mathematical problems that they do not notice what is happening around them . |