Example sentences of "so [adj] as she " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the start she is only so cruel as she is only Miss Havisham 's tool for revenge , and later she seems to have a little pity for Pip when she warns him that she has no heart . |
| 2 | Linnet — who could doubt it ? — had endured untold agonies beneath her cool , just a shade too persistent smile , finding little consolation , perhaps , but hardly so much as she had pretended , in the renewed attentions of Uriah Colclough . |
| 3 | It occurred to her suddenly that she had rarely enjoyed herself so much as she was now doing , seated in Dr Neil 's kitchen , dressed like a skivvy and eating a huge meal , rather than languidly nibbling at it , as she would have done at one of Aunt Nella 's ‘ At Homes ’ . |
| 4 | The railway lines define the neighbourhood all right : Railway Hotel on the corner that the Council 's started using for temporary accommodation for other single mothers not so lucky as she , as the social worker kept telling her ; Railway Cafe opposite the launderette with coloured transfers on the window and a goldfish tank next to the curry puffs and ketchup bottles . |
| 5 | If she had not been so fit as she is then I am convinced that she would have died . |
| 6 | This little old lady is not so innocent as she seems . |
| 7 | Miss Fogerty had never been so happy as she was now , living with Dorothy and next door to another old friend , Isobel Shoosmith , who had been at college with her years before . |
| 8 | Tess had never been so happy as she was now , and perhaps never would be so again . |
| 9 | The station was practically empty of people and Emily felt so alone as she stepped on to the train . |
| 10 | The water buoyed them and Ruth had never experienced anything so erotic as she dragged her hands down his wet back to grasp his hips to her own . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not half so keen as she is — she 's absolutely dedicated . |
| 12 | You 'll find her not so well-tempered as she might seem ! ’ |
| 13 | so bad as she grew older . |