Example sentences of "never [verb] so [adv] " in BNC.

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1 It is true that some nurses who observe poor standards in ward management or patient care will resolve never to perform so badly .
2 ‘ I ai n't never travelled so fast .
3 I never got so far in teaching you .
4 James Bond never lived so luxuriously .
5 Money-Go-Round : Never has so much been owed by so many
6 Never has so much been expected of general medical practitioners and practice staff ; general practitioners are being pressed to do audit , participate in commissioning , become fundholders , do research , improve consumer responsiveness , and develop new skills in the transfer of services from secondary to primary care and development of community care .
7 He was certain that Scarlet would never behave so irrationally but could not quite rid himself of the image of the breakfast table .
8 Winnie , dear Jesus , beneath the bed , and she had never moved so fast , would the fat sow never rise ?
9 But one could never speak so directly to a woman .
10 I 've never felt so well protected .
11 ‘ But I did not declare for the Light-Bringer , and I have never done so since .
12 Thank you , I 've never enjoyed canoeing more and will probably never do so again .
13 She would never do so again .
14 I 'd ridden over many jumps before , but never on a racehorse , never fast , never caring so much about the outcome .
15 ‘ The thing I remember about my first visit is that I had never sung so much before .
16 Between waking and full consciousness I see clearly that I should never have so casually left the inn once I had got there , taking it for granted I could get back quite simply .
17 I have never spent so long on a single project .
18 She had never spent so long taking her clothes off , but when she finally stood alluringly naked she saw that he was still looking at her mouth .
19 That night I cried so much — I never felt so far away from anything I knew and I 'd never missed my mother so much in my life .
20 Self-important democratic politicians who have been themselves well-treated by tyrants of all stripes come dangerously close to the stance of classic fellow-travellers like George Bernard Shaw — in Shaw 's words , as seven million starved to death in Russia in 1932 , ‘ I have never eaten so well . ’
21 The Plym has never fished so well and enthusiasts report catches of up to eight fish per session with a high percentage of 2 lb plus specimens .
22 Experience seems to evolve from youth in a way not measured by the calendar : more like a river than a canal — which is what we knew but never saw so clearly as in these photographs .
23 ‘ If we were in funds , I 'd never leave so soon to Christmas unless there was a disaster somewhere .
24 But he never went so far as to say that his intention was to qualify for legal aid , the court said .
25 The smaller the change the longer is the time for which the two solutions remain close , but they never do so indefinitely .
26 You must never diet so quickly that you lose the muscle tissue that gives your body its shape , firmness , and definition .
27 I 'd never worked so hard at anything in my life ; nor , once I 'd started , had I wanted anything so badly .
28 Never worked so hard in my life !
29 ‘ I 've never worked so hard in my life , ’ she told Anne and Julia when she called to see them .
30 When Thursday of that week came round , Leith was beginning to think she had never worked so hard .
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