Example sentences of "so [adj] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Jack and Alick , after being shipwrecked and narrowly escaping murder , starvation and sundry other perils , are reunited with Terence on board a brig-of-war , he declares it is worth being lost when reunion is so pleasant and ends with a flourish : ‘ Old fellows , I knew you would come back somehow or other ; I always said so ; astride of a dolphin , if in no other way … ’ |
| 2 | Her clothes were neat enough but her shoes were a giveaway , so old and worn under their polish that they almost telegraphed her need ; there was a story to be told here , Angelica thought , and Angelica was a sucker for an interesting story . |
| 3 | I urge the Secretary of State to say why , when business person after business person tells him , ’ Of course , we must have a single European currency , ’ he continues to insist on the opt-out that is so unrealistic and damaging to British industry ? |
| 4 | What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale , predictable . |
| 5 | ‘ Prue ! ’ exclaims Howard , very pleased to hear the familiar impossible voice at such a moment , when he is feeling so raw and exposed from watching himself , and so uncertain whether he is a great man or a great fool . |
| 6 | This was , I think , because the soil all round was so softened and converted into cloggy mud by the habit of keeping the cattle within the gates in bad weather , when their high stone dykes served as a bield for the protection of the cattle . |
| 7 | the complexity of company records , which are not only subject to mysterious , ( but relief-bringing ) disappearances down the corporation vortex , but when occasionally discovered are often so specialized and riddled with technical jargon that the average jurist finds them unintelligible — naturally corporate lawyers render them intelligible in ways which favour their clients ; |
| 8 | I found this section , number three , of particular interest because surely it 's dealing with the very kernel of our relationship to what we call in language that ought to be so real and preserved from romanticism , the body of Christ membership limbhood branchship , whatever you want to call it , if whether you take your figure from John fifteen or from the Apostle . |
| 9 | Similarly a God derived from mankind 's need and not from ancient superstitions , can be so developed and adapted to the changing requirements of ever-advancing life , that there will be no danger of destroying the associated religion or of weakening its appeal . |
| 10 | The exchange between them had been painful , but there was something so honest and open about it that she felt freed for the first time in months from her painful awareness of him as a man . |
| 11 | Sam was so delighted and went round the room shaking hands , offering peace and cake . |
| 12 | Fearing a tragedy of epic proportions — her mind leapt at once to Penini and then to Miss Arabel — she knocked on the open door and Mr Browning came through from the other room , so haggard and drawn in contrast to his morning self that once more she was convinced something dreadful had happened . |
| 13 | Being so central and combined with the fact that it 's also a club Exclusive hotel where you can always be sure of a lively , fun atmosphere and a friendly welcome , it 's hardly surprising that the Catherine is our most popular base in town and comes top of our list for summer ‘ 90 . |
| 14 | In dismay Ruth stared at Fernando standing so gaunt and stressed in front of her . |
| 15 | His mouth , so hard and demanding at first , was softening , moving slowly over hers . |
| 16 | The Nez Perce received the settled lands to the north , while the settlers received the Wallowa Lake region so treasured and traversed by the Indians . |
| 17 | You are so comfortable and secure in your little island . |
| 18 | Buying each other drinks in this village was so natural and taken for granted that words of thanks were rarely uttered . |
| 19 | Was she a silly adolescent girl to be so confused and seduced by a handsome face ? a beautiful body ? |
| 20 | At the end of the day an evaluation on this scale , of a project of this importance , undertaken within an environment so complex and bedevilled by industrial action , is bound to leave many questions unanswered . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the reported effect on some of the older generation is to make them regret having lived so long and apologize for their need to call on more services than do younger people ( Norman 1987b ) . |
| 22 | It must be a tribute to the resilience of these people that they lived so long and survived through it all . |
| 23 | Phosphocellulose fraction C was dialysed against buffer 3 containing 50 mM ( NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 and applied to a DEAE Sephadex A25 column at a rate of 5mg protein/ml bed volume . |
| 24 | Before analysis , the extract was acidified with 4M H 2 SO 4 and dissolved in n-hexane . |
| 25 | We both look so happy and relaxed in it . |
| 26 | She did not speak — she knew better — but walked into the kitchen , thinking furiously , among other things , that her treasure had not looked so happy and fulfilled for years as he did sitting opposite to his American servant girl — and what could that mean , and did she approve ? |
| 27 | It had been so stretched and strained by . |
| 28 | It 's so sincere and done with such love that you know it must be agony for them and your one thought is , ‘ Oh God , how could I have hurt these people like that ? ’ |
| 29 | Jay gripped , burrowed her head in Lucy 's belly : here so safe and wanted inside her beloved Jeremy had grown ; her brow nudged Lucy 's breasts , where Jeremy had sucked himself full and strong , where she had found a contentment warm as summer wind across white sands ; here she had swum easy as a seal , crystal seas halcyon over her head . |
| 30 | Everyone used to say to me , ‘ how do you manage to stay so cool and relaxed for a big event , Aston ? ’ |