Example sentences of "they [verb] [prep] [be] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one knows how they got to be so diverse , though Dr Humphry Greenwood , of London 's Natural History Museum , has suggested that the water in Lake Victoria has at times been lower than now , with the fringes separated into pools . |
| 2 | Erm my Guild always say they 're lucky in having me because I 've come back and give them all the information and they seem to be so well-educated themselves now you know . |
| 3 | You wondered how they contrived to be so rich from dealing in paintings . |
| 4 | Personally , I am very disappointed they chose to be so balanced . |
| 5 | The wages of sin , he supposed , trying to be glad , for Cara 's sake , that they appeared to be so good . |
| 6 | If the latter are regarded as territory to be defended , as rallying cries for confrontation with others , perhaps we ought to be asking whether they need to be so territorial ? |