Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv] [been] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge said it was a mircale that Inspector Paul Kirby was n't hit , and other officers told the court they 'd never been so terrified . |
| 2 | Eye witnesses say they 've never been so scared in their life . |
| 3 | They 've been married for 11 years and they 've always been so happy . |
| 4 | If they had n't been so excitable , they 'd have been as free as birds right now . |
| 5 | They had both been so kind , caring and helpful during the whole of Nigel 's illness — staying with him so that I could get out to shop and have a break , taking him to his hospital appointments because their car was bigger and therefore more comfortable for him , and in dozens of other , smaller but no less important ways . |
| 6 | For the first year of their marriage , they had both been so happy — enjoying every day to the full and sharing every precious moment ; living , and loving — and laughing — together . |
| 7 | They had not been so good to her ; she had lost too many things , too many friends , too much of herself . |
| 8 | Since Christmas they had not been so friendly . |
| 9 | One disadvantage of warning colours is that they may attract killers who might have missed the prey animals altogether if they had not been so gaudy . |
| 10 | For all that England are the only European nation not to concede a goal in the qualifying tournament , it is no exaggeration to suggest they have never been so ill-equipped for the persistent rigours of a World Cup . |
| 11 | Because they operate at grassroots level , they involve people in the issues that really matter to them , which may be the reason why they have often been so dynamic . |