Example sentences of "[pers pn] be so " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hundred books on the table in front of me are so many tongs that pinch out the nerve of independent thought … one can not go one 's own way independently enough " ; and , from 1868 , a sardonic dismissal of " the philologists of our time " for " their joy at capturing worms and their indifference to the true problems , the urgent problems of life " . |
| 2 | ‘ Most of them are so crazy for drugs they would kill their own mothers to get cash to buy them . |
| 3 | Even if teachers were given the time and opportunity to develop their professional lives in the ways they felt most suitable , the questions and dilemmas that face them are so many and so deep that it is indeed a daunting task . |
| 4 | The gaps between them are so big that if you plunge your arm through into the mantle , the clam is quite unable to grip it — though the experiment is a little less unnerving if it is tried first with a post . |
| 5 | ‘ Some of them are so thick they thought I was fighting against England in Spain . |
| 6 | Some of them are so faded on the top that when you they 're not they 're not the colour you think they are . |
| 7 | Now careful as you pick the packets up because some of them are so old . |
| 8 | But it became obvious on the next pitch that even had I been so inspired we would not have progressed much further . |
| 9 | Never have I been so reviled , never , and I have taken it all , knowing him to be old and alone , and I … ’ |
| 10 | Never since the war began had I been so happy . |
| 11 | But now Don and I are so straight it 's not true . |
| 12 | Prunella and I are so careful . |
| 13 | I feel almost ashamed that Tony and I are so lucky . |
| 14 | ‘ Your mother and I are so pleased you are so happy . |
| 15 | Charles and I are so sorry to miss you and most grateful to you for guarding our chattels while we gallivant round Italy . |
| 16 | But and I are so used to early rising now that we were awake betimes as usual . |
| 17 | ‘ … suddenly I became free by some secret action , and now I am so happy I found your letter concerning my person . |
| 18 | I am so disappointed , she said . |
| 19 | We are anticipating a hard match , and that is one of the reasons why I am so pleased to have Bryan ( Robson ) back . |
| 20 | After the hearing he said : ‘ I am so pleased that my character and reputation has been cleared . |
| 21 | That 's why I am so simpliste . |
| 22 | I am so pleased to think that his kind of socialism ‘ without the state ’ is now coming to the fore again in Labour politics . |
| 23 | I am so discontented with my work . |
| 24 | ‘ I am so sorry , ’ she said , then went out shrieking with laughter . |
| 25 | When I drive off , I am so churned up inside that I find myself hoping I sha n't make things worse by having a coronary on the way to work . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I am so lucky , ’ she said , ‘ the water in these two hot-water bottles will still be warm enough by the morning for my bath . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I am so very pleased , sir . |
| 28 | ‘ I am so sorry , mademoiselle . ’ |
| 29 | PS I am so grateful for the £48 a week you let me have . |
| 30 | I am so pleased to meet you . |