Example sentences of "so [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 In a muffled voice she added , ‘ They had so little time together that I hope they were happy . ’
2 The problem is that the Labour party dodges all the important European issues because its conversion to the EC is not so much skin deep as ruled purely by expediency .
3 There may have been so much conflict indoors that you had to construct your shelter elsewhere .
4 For blankets they would send so much wool away and you got blankets .
5 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 .
6 The movements did not so much drift apart as come to represent opposed interests .
7 He had so much energy even when he got old , he had so much energy .
8 They used to In the lace market there used to be factories what used to make lace er and er a lady used to er go and take fetch so much lace out and she used to give it out to people what wanted to do it .
9 er right , okay okay so better preparation so that when you make the presentation it 's more effective , yeah ?
10 ‘ All the people waiting at the bus stops were shrivelled up with the cold ; they looked so miserable standing there but cheered up when they saw us coming along .
11 So educational achievement rather than nepotism offers a background to the respect , status and deference accorded to elites .
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