Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dozen have since done so . |
| 2 | Over the millennia they have slowly done so , and now there are once more prosperous cities in the west , and although the folk are few in number , they are hardy . |
| 3 | One reason why we are determined not to have a Labour Government is that they might tip the balance in the Community towards a fortress Europe and against the forces of free trade which we have successfully orchestrated so far . |
| 4 | The medical association of Chile want to ban the sport and have effectively done so by prohibiting doctors from assisting at ringside . |
| 5 | Vexatious , persistent winds have rarely seemed so unnecessary . |
| 6 | Even the validity of many of the ‘ I 've been here before ’ experiences is rather doubtful as , with the growth of television and cinema , we have all seen so many places which we may later come to visit . |
| 7 | Sir I will take this on board , but I think it comes rather badly from an authority in fact both authorities which have so shown so many confusing changes of mind about this area in the whole process since the first plan was issued , that the er details of the consideration by one of the constituent bodies of this erm objection er should be er examined er in such detail . |
| 8 | The passion that I have foolishly boasted so much about . |
| 9 | Perhaps the reason that tail shapes have wrongly received so much attention in the past is that they are the most obviously visible difference between boards . |
| 10 | Povey and Sir W. Batten and I by water to Woolwich ; and there saw an experiment made of Sir R. Ford 's Holland 's yarn ( about which we have lately made so much stir ; and I have much concerned myself of our rope-maker , Mr Hughes who represented it so bad ) and we found it to be very bad , and broke sooner than , upon a fair triall , five threads of that against four of Riga yarne ; also that some of it had old stuffe that had been tarred , covered over with new hempe , which is such a cheat as has not been heard of . |
| 11 | ‘ I have already said so . |
| 12 | ‘ I have already said so . ’ |
| 13 | At this first stage , it is essential not to go too fast , but by now most people have already done so ; they have already jumbled the cube and thereby discovered the basic mathematical problem : how do you get back to where you started ? |
| 14 | ‘ I have already done so , while you were out . ’ |
| 15 | Many have already done so . |
| 16 | Stephen King , James Herbert , Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett ( ‘ the best English humorist since Wodehouse ’ in the opinion of one of my customers ) have already done so , and more are likely to follow . |
| 17 | I have already done so with some success in a number of instances and I hope to continue doing so . |
| 18 | I shall not give way , as I have already done so several times . |
| 19 | Gretna have already done so , but Blyth and Northallerton have also revealed that they have informed the league . |
| 20 | Hundreds of these unfortunates now face losing their homes and many have already done so , in spite of a campaign to limit individual liabilities . |
| 21 | Quite frankly My Lords , if there are forty-one constabularies throughout the c country e excluding the Metropolitan Police and the City of London Police , any for instance fifty people were a applied and they may well apply because plenty of people have already done so , you would be talking about a list of some two thousand people it 's quite impossible to think that my Honourable Friend would know all these two thousand people therefore carefully select party hats who might themselves not actually have applied anyhow . |
| 22 | ‘ I can not believe it , I have already had so many job offers as a result of taking part in . |
| 23 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time , ’ he told the ever-comforting Jones , ‘ and shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I have not felt so well for a long time and I shall be tempted to be very vulgar in my speech . ’ |
| 25 | Such thoughts have not escaped so consummate a politician as Mr Takeshita . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) In other words , although farm modernisation policies have actively encouraged non-viable or older farmers to retire from farming , many in the poorer areas have not done so , living on in a traditional way for extremely low returns . |
| 27 | The answer : ‘ we have not done so . ’ |
| 28 | To begin to remedy this emotional block , start to notice when you are looking for praise or recognition , and in doing so , start talking about or bringing to someone else 's notice something you have not done so well . |
| 29 | ( This displays the ruler line even if you have not done so already . ) |
| 30 | TYPE in the text of Task 17 now if you have not done so already . |