Example sentences of "he had [adv] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Emperor Domitian condemned him , so he had evidently seemed so , to a Roman . |
| 2 | by no means ‘ lightly advancing thro ’ her star-trimm 'd crowd' — he had even gone so far as to look up Lantor 's lines about Ianthe — but perhaps women could n't be expected always to live up to what poets wrote about them . |
| 3 | But he had finally done so and had seen other eagles , each in his own cage , all mature , all seeming big and threatening . |
| 4 | He had not felt so good in a long time . |
| 5 | Now , in the faint light of the dawning day she had to accept that he had not done so . |
| 6 | It would have been better for Andrewes ’ literary reputation , and far better for the history of the next reign if he had not done so . |
| 7 | They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order . |
| 8 | In the circumstances the latter was unlikely : he had not done so in May on an infinitely more difficult decision . |
| 9 | The resolution authorising the purchase will not be effective if the shareholder proposed to be bought out votes in respect of the resolution and the resolution would not have been passed if he had not done so ( s164(5) ) . |
| 10 | She went down the stairs and , again remembering Naylor 's rage , she was certain about one thing — that , whatever way , whichever way , somehow , if he had not done so already , Naylor would at some time soon take action that would for all time sever the relationship he thought she had with his cousin . |
| 11 | This was the most positive action he had yet taken in his conflicts with the king : even with Rufus he had not gone so far . |
| 12 | West 45th Street , in Manhattan , said he had not seen so many people intent on a show since the Mets had played the Houston Astros in the sixth game of the playoff for the National League pennant , and even then they had not stood so close up to the screen . |
| 13 | He was acting — he had just said so . |
| 14 | She had a vision of McNab calmly recording the manner of the Collector 's death , the way he had already recorded so many in the last weeks . |
| 15 | He laughed cheerfully , he had n't felt so cheerful for months . |
| 16 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 17 | He was speaking as if Gentle would agree to the rendezvous , which , though he had n't said so yet , he would . |
| 18 | At home , before the accident , he had n't said so much to her for years . |
| 19 | He no longer cared about her , and would soon replace her with someone else , that is if he had n't done so already . |
| 20 | It took her a moment to realize that she 'd expected Daak to add his comment , and that he had n't done so . |
| 21 | He had n't done so since 1987 , but he did get within three shots of Levi on the back nine . |
| 22 | None of the pirates were exactly slim , and once more the Mate wished he had n't eaten so much lobster for lunch . |
| 23 | and said that Christopher was on interview and er if he got through the first part to the second part he would in the afternoon he would give us a ph a ring , erm but he , by ten to two he had n't phoned so she assumed he was on his way back having |
| 24 | He wished he had n't blasted so many beers . |
| 25 | He had n't thought so , but his insides still ached briefly . |
| 26 | Friends such as Edward Clodd , who expected Hardy to be relieved by her death in 1912 , found instead that he was overcome with remorse for neglecting one whom he had once loved so well . |
| 27 | His family , after his death , denied that he had ever done so . |
| 28 | If the right hon. Gentleman wants more and more bureaucratic institutions set up to do the work of existing institutions , he had better say so . |
| 29 | He had always seemed so stuffy and plain in his dress . |
| 30 | Callaghan told Joel Barnett that he had never felt so depressed , and the news spread . |