Example sentences of "[v-ing] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was surprising that an industry generating so many millions of pounds was prepared to use little more than the manager 's sexual tastes as its yardstick of talent . |
| 2 | The American Ornithologists ' Union became active in 1883 , generating so much information that the government established a Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammology in 1886 under C. Hart Merriam ( 1855–1942 ) . |
| 3 | We fished for several hours without seeing so much as a fin . |
| 4 | He was seeing so much of Fergie he was almost one of the family |
| 5 | It 'll mean seeing so much less of him , and God knows I seem to see little enough already , but being an only boy I 've felt I must pack him off to boarding-school to get some men in his life and break the apron-strings . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't like the thought of other chaps seeing so much of you , that 's all . |
| 7 | Seeing so much technology in use , the car was ‘ looked over ’ to see if we had a radar detector — we did n't . |
| 8 | He reaffirms his pleasure at once again seeing so many of his loyal friends . |
| 9 | It 's still hard for me to cope with seeing so many people everywhere . ’ |
| 10 | Going to my first feminist conference in the late seventies : the thrill of seeing so many women together , and , even more so , seeing so many lesbians openly showing their affections for each other . |
| 11 | Going to my first feminist conference in the late seventies : the thrill of seeing so many women together , and , even more so , seeing so many lesbians openly showing their affections for each other . |
| 12 | You get used to seeing so many things , you become immune to what would normally be considered perversions . |
| 13 | After seeing so many beatifically smiling faces of Mao , Chou , and Hua , as well as many jolly workers engaged in various agricultural and industrial pursuits , it was quite a relief to enter a large room the walls of which were absolutely covered with vitriolic cartoons against the gang of four . |
| 14 | I it were ca , it was , it was raining so much you see ? |
| 15 | But I did n't look , I did n't stop , it was raining so bad Thursday morning and windy that I I went to the market , I cut straight through and went up and Di went to get the paper then he went . |
| 16 | And with so many publishers completing so many courses in 1993 , it will be very interesting to see what is published for whom next year , and whether it is the market or the applied linguist who call the shots . |
| 17 | Almost as though she knew that Matey was thinking about her , McAllister looked up and said , ‘ I would never have thought that I would enjoy knitting so much , and the ladies ’ sewing circle , too . ’ |
| 18 | I mean the the green man was flashing so all lights were on red . |
| 19 | That night , as she waited for the band to strike up her opening music , Rory felt none of the usual tingle of anticipation which made the whole business of singing so pleasurable . |
| 20 | She rocked the baby in her arms , refusing to put her down for a minute , and she sang snatches of lullabies she remembered her mother singing so many years ago . |
| 21 | Future generations are likely to deplore the way current societies are allowing so much of their heritage to be destroyed without record . |
| 22 | Jehan was used to the kind of council at which nearly everything was decided before the participants sat down to talk , and he wondered why Alexei was allowing so much disruption and argument . |
| 23 | It is just a shame we do n't treat our fellow human beings so well , rather than allowing so many to go hungry . |
| 24 | He apologises for phoning so late . |
| 25 | After enjoying so many years of unquestioning servility from David , it infuriated him to know that Beth did not feel threatened by him . |
| 26 | Jackson had nothing against women per se , but he was slightly unnerved after encountering so much brisk efficiency among the nursing staff of the District Hospital . |
| 27 | By drawing so many men into the services , the war may also have enabled the wages of labourers to keep in touch with prices , assisted by the local increase in demand from the construction of London docks . |
| 28 | Second will guarantee a UEFA place , and I think if Leeds can get out of the rut of drawing so many of their recent games they will attain this position . |
| 29 | Li-Cheng-i , a Presbyterian participant , described the exhibition as as ‘ breakthrough in bringing so many people together . ’ |
| 30 | The trouble is , we 're bringing so much stuff in it 's just the amount of space ! |