Example sentences of "that [pron] [vb past] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 2 | I had about five barges to look after and you could n't see everyone — not that I cared so very much , to tell the truth . |
| 3 | Perhaps the strange lack of concern in ‘ A ’ Squadron 's diary and reports , and the fact that I heard so little from the regiment subsequently , may reflect a suspicion ( or knowledge ) on their part . |
| 4 | It is an autumnal sign and one in which the ‘ balance ’ might be tipped one way or another , and in sexuality could hover between male and female , with one sexual scale dipping then the other rising obediently and almost passively , distantly , independently , in an alternation of identities and desires that I knew so well . |
| 5 | The nose and beard also seemed to imply , to produce , to secrete constantly a certain kind of mind which had nothing to do with the intelligence diffused throughout the books , books that I knew so intimately , and which were permeated by a gentle and God-like wisdom . ’ |
| 6 | I had not realized that I looked so old and tired . |
| 7 | I thought that I looked so smart in my white shoes , shorts , shirt and three cornered hat . |
| 8 | It 's just that I got so involved with what was going on that I completely forgot ! |
| 9 | Stuart said he 'd given Oliver some money , which I thought was quite unnecessary , not that I said so . |
| 10 | It will not even pass through their minds that I spent so much trouble and thought on choosing the right disease or the most just punishment for my fictional character . |
| 11 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |
| 12 | It was clear that Geoffrey Howe and myself would be the also-rans , but I was a little surprised that I ran so badly . |
| 13 | Caliban was surprised that I seemed so positively gay when he came in . |
| 14 | The fact that I had so little self-control seemed to be irritating him ever so slightly . |
| 15 | What of the loony fringe that I had so conveniently forgotten ? |
| 16 | Although at this stage of my work I shared interests with him on matters concerning children 's learning and Art Education , I quickly discovered that I had so much more to learn from him about ideas , materials and their uses and in the need to create a working environment of a high order . |
| 17 | You always taught me that I had so much to be thankful for , but there are still a lot of things that I wish had never happened . |
| 18 | Everything that I had so far learned about him — except the conflicting stories of his drinking habits — seemed diametrically opposed to the slick business morality of Ingard and his associates and to the way-out politics of his daughter 's husband . |
| 19 | It is to the credit of these players ( and to William MacIlwraith 's also ) that I do not recall ever having laughed so much and so heartily at a play that I liked so little . ’ |
| 20 | It was disloyal that I was able to divert myself , but appalling that I did so with Otto . |
| 21 | They would eventually find out that I did so . ’ |
| 22 | Nonetheless I am pleased that I did so and grateful to the SOED-sponsored grant scheme for assistance . |
| 23 | ‘ Those are turf strips , ’ my guide informed me in her calm , assured voice that I found so soothing . |
| 24 | ‘ Watch me , ’ said Lili with that determined faith in herself that I found so enviable . |
| 25 | He did not understand that she felt so shrivelled and drained , and all thought of sexual relations was abhorrent to her — she was not a fit partner , and shrank from his attentions with loathing . |
| 26 | ‘ Constanza says that she felt so much for her mother , even if she did not understand then what it meant to her to be cut off from Italy , from Rome . |
| 27 | How ironic that she felt so alive in Piers 's company , the one man who could shrug her off as carelessly as he would shrug off a few flecks of sand from his T-shirt . |
| 28 | Leonora made her bed then collected her cup and started downstairs , deeply thankful that she felt so much better than the day before . |
| 29 | Indeed , why it was that she felt so breathless now . |
| 30 | Then when we were alone : ‘ Darling , tell me — ’ I could not bear it that she suffered so . |