Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The episode was reported minimally in the Press , but played down like so much else during wartime . |
| 2 | She came in without so much as a ‘ by your leave ’ or a ‘ with your leave ’ … she pushed her nose into corners , and if she did n't say the place was dirty you could see what she thought right enough . |
| 3 | Against San Marino at Hampden in November 1991 , Scotland scored three times in the first half but then finished up with so many forwards that order went out the window and only one more goal was scored amid the scramble created by having Mo Johnston and Kevin Gallacher supplement John Robertson , McCoist and Gordon Durie . |
| 4 | We all had a good cry and presents and kisses flew around like so many midges . |
| 5 | The applause that greeted them was like a thunder clap and went on for so long that the Girls could not hear the music and had to count under their breath to synchronize their kicks . |
| 6 | There was another rustle of branches as the buffalo ran off without so much as another snort . |
| 7 | In some of the more intensively managed ‘ confinement ’ operations , animals are crowded in pens and cages stacked up like so many shipping crates … . |
| 8 | Curious thing — she who held on to so many grievances , never spoke twice about the money she kept pouring out on all of us . |
| 9 | I missed out on so much , Ari , important life lessons . |