Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] [vb pp] so " in BNC.

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1 I 'd never seen so many shots go in so many directions all at the one time .
2 I 'd never seen so many barrows .
3 I 'd never worked so hard at anything in my life ; nor , once I 'd started , had I wanted anything so badly .
4 I never understood until I came to Taipei and we met again , when I started to realise why I 'd always reacted so strongly to you .
5 I do n't think I 'd ever felt so taxed in my career .
6 ‘ I would n't have stayed if I had n't felt so ill , and now that I 'm better I 'll go home if you can get me to Paris , Monsieur Lemarchand . ’
7 I had n't expected so eager a welcome . ’
8 I had n't anticipated so much pressure in my new life .
9 But you were of my blood , and I had already lost so much- ’
10 We lay there silently , then he got up and left the room , leaving me lying there in an agony of frustration and guilt , furious with myself for having given way , yet curiously glad I had finally done so .
11 The fact that I had not done so put me too high for the first available field , but with insufficient height for the next one .
12 I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department …
13 I had not walked so far for years .
14 She knew he was thinking : If I had not put so much of myself into this house , perhaps I 'd leave .
15 We lined up — I had never seen so many people in a stadium in my life — the gun went and I spent just over twenty embarrassing seconds in Tilli 's slipstream .
16 I had never felt so frustrated , so desperate , so completely undone .
17 ‘ The thing I remember about my first visit is that I had never sung so much before .
18 I 've already done so , ’ he informed her coolly .
19 I went in and there 's Heidi oh well I 've just got all the script coming up on the screen and I 've just got so and so for you and I
20 ‘ I should n't say this , with Father just gone , but I do n't think I 've ever felt so happy , Anna .
21 Thomson , who again again failed to break his run of poor form in this championship , bemoaned : ‘ I was very nervous and do n't think I 've ever played so badly .
22 I do n't think I 've ever seen so much furniture in one little room .
23 ‘ I do n't think I 've ever worked so hard . ’
24 I 've always said so because of the problems it causes and the way it upsets people .
25 I 've always felt so sorry for her . ’
26 I 've always thought so , ’ said David .
27 I 've never really thought about it , though , because I 've always had so many other things to do .
28 I know it sounds like Hollywood , but I 've never felt so alone .
29 Always try to respond positively to negative comments , perhaps by saying , ‘ I 've never felt so good for years ’ ( only if it 's true , of course ) .
30 I 've never felt so bad in all my life . ’
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