Example sentences of "[pers pn] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why ’ Constanza told me that when she told me so little else . |
| 2 | ‘ You trust me so little , Caroline ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Do you — did you — love me so little , Neil , that you believe him without question , and me not at all ? ’ |
| 4 | And Goldberg , in his pad : Dear Harsnet , it may surprise you to hear that after all these years I am finally at work transcribing the notes you entrusted to me so many years ago , with a view to eventually publishing them . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , why are you asking me so many questions ? ’ |
| 6 | PAMELA : Why sir , you have given me so many pleasant distinctions for a Monday — let it , I pray you , be Monday next . |
| 7 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 8 | Then you owe me so many hours do n't you ? |
| 9 | I could n't bear to let you see me so upset . |
| 10 | That took an hour , and made me so tired that I was able to lie down and go to sleep . |
| 11 | She , she did n't mind because she 's winking and I thought ah is n't that nice of her , it is really because she organised it all and she do n't know me so that was very kind of her did n't you think so Bet ? |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ said Aline , suddenly serious , ‘ it is only that the step from perfectly ordinary things into the miraculous seems to me so small , almost accidental , that I wonder why it astonishes you at all , or why you trouble to reason about it . |
| 13 | Do n't really like to you know I did have a that made me so close to it . |
| 14 | Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit . |
| 15 | He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ A part of myself … which gives me so much pain ’ |
| 17 | But it is a part which gives me so much pain that sometimes I ca n't bear it — ca n't bear it at all . ’ |
| 18 | You cause me so much pain |
| 19 | Bag-dragging had exhausted me so much that I went back to bed and slept until afternoon . |
| 20 | ‘ Why do you hate me so much ? ’ |
| 21 | Summerhill — which , by the universal testimony of its ( largely American ) pupils , ‘ sucks ’ — seemed to be turning out children who were not merely unbalanced but pig-ignorant ; and that was what shocked me so much . |
| 22 | Last night I would not have thought that would worry me so much , but this morning it does . |
| 23 | They annoy me so much ! |
| 24 | For you must know that I had a twin brother , as beautiful as the day , and gentle as a fawn , and wholesome as new bread and butter , whose company pleased me so much , as mine also pleased him , that we swore an oath never to marry but to live forever peacefully in the castle , and hunt and play together the livelong day . |
| 25 | They are giving me so much discomfort now , I can hardly listen to these gentlemen . ’ |
| 26 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 27 | It was the way that their shoulder bones and ribs stood out , and their stomachs fell right into their backbones that reminded me so much of myself . |
| 28 | That bicycle gave me so much joy for many years . |
| 29 | Either he did not wish me to get into trouble or , more probable , he did not relish the thought of giving me so much gelt — sixpence . |
| 30 | me so much pleasure . |