Example sentences of "were so [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As built by Franklin the outer stumps were so slanted away from the middle that the balls were only precariously balanced . |
| 2 | Epstein as he listened leant towards Brahe , and Brahe as he spoke leant towards Epstein , and they were so involved with each other , and in any case the engine noise was so continuous and enveloping , like the air , that no-one , behind them , could have heard anything ! |
| 3 | The Edinburgh specialists were so touched by their pleas they invited the family over to Edinburgh to see if they could help the boy . |
| 4 | We were so broke when we were living there that I 'd buy a bar of Kit Kat in the morning , have two fingers of it for breakfast and the other two for dinner in the evening . |
| 5 | TWO bosses were so determined to beat the recession they slashed their pay to half that of the firm 's teenage trainee . |
| 6 | We also need to know why some biologists who were suspicious of natural selection called themselves ‘ Darwinians ’ — and why others were so determined to develop alternative theories . |
| 7 | America could not believe that their elite fighting forces could be quashed by a bunch of peasants , and that was why they were so determined to win . |
| 8 | All you 've said so far just confirms what I have long suspected — that you were so determined to get to the top , so determined to succeed that day , that you quite deliberately drove my brother off the track ! ’ |
| 9 | Meanwhile the couple in bed were so engrossed in each other that neither of them heard the fuse as it spluttered towards them . |
| 10 | In fact , you were so engrossed I passed right by and you did n't even look up when I spoke . ’ |
| 11 | TAVERHAM AND DRAYTON class members were so engrossed in their Nautical Display , ( theme suggested by ) , for the Norfolk Rally , that one lady who had to back out through illness , wrote an apology to ADMIRAL from SEAMAN ! |
| 12 | The Bernard brothers were so struck by this that for some weeks afterwards Henrietta was known to them as ‘ Piss-off darling ’ . |
| 13 | The electrodes were so positioned that current flowing through them caused a particular pleasure . |
| 14 | Looking back on that period , Mr Li lamented , ‘ Some sectors of the economy were so decentralised that the state 's ability to exercise macro-control was weakened . ’ |
| 15 | You see , those figures were so influenced by the Picasso drawings of 1926 to 1928 all those drawings and paintings of that period . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) In any proceedings to which this section applies the court by which the proceedings were so decided may , subject to subsections ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) below , make an order for the payment by the Board to the unassisted party of the whole or any part of the costs incurred by him in the proceedings . |
| 17 | After a couple of hours the German lady and I were so choked with emotion that we were scarcely able to speak . |
| 18 | Royal Rovers , who joined in 1894 , were so strapped they played with a rugby ball . |
| 19 | And Elizabeth Williams , who lived at a time when universities were so enlightened that they would actually permit women to sit examinations ( but not , alas , be awarded a degree ) . |
| 20 | Is it not ironic that Australia won the final playing in exactly the same style that England were so slated for — to win ! |
| 21 | Anyway , it was a good job we did because these erm these grouse and these chickens , I mean , they were so blended in with the the , the roadside you could hardly see them , and then they moved . |
| 22 | ‘ One year ’ — Māilo 's eyes lit up at the memory — ‘ I sold so many musk pods at the Indian border that I could hardly walk back , my pockets were so weighted down with silver coins . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps the reason Zeppelin were so despised after the punk revolution was the fact that they were the ultimate muso band . |
| 24 | Perhaps the reason Zeppelin were so despised after the punk revolution was the fact that they were the ultimate muso band . |
| 25 | Years before , Lord Camden had insisted that the principles of the law of nature must be incorporated in the British Constitution if they were to be observed , and that they actually were so incorporated . |
| 26 | And those amazing sets , with their incredible special effects ( a tiny saxophone for example which costs more than the real thing ! ) were so treasured by Harry and Matthew that they were kept safely in storage until now ! |
| 27 | Last week , I was told about a club that closed an hour and a half early because the organisers were so freaked out by the number of collapses . |
| 28 | As expected , most ulcers were so sited that venous insufficiency was immediately suspected : 392 ( 85 per cent ) were situated in the classic gaiter area . |
| 29 | Some prisoners were so scarred by their treatment that they could not resume a normal life . |
| 30 | We were so rushed there was n't time . |