Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense the recent pressure of work was a blessing , for it isolated her , forcing her to concentrate so intensely that she simply had no time to dig deeply into such perplexities . |
| 2 | He listened so politely that I perhaps talked a little too much about my dear country . |
| 3 | Words such as peto contentus sis seem to have been used so widely that they soon raised no doubts or difficulties of interpretation . |
| 4 | Not only does mental disability vary so widely that it ultimately defies definition , but the extent to which a given mental disability , in so far as it can be measured in clinical terms , handicaps a person will depend not only upon the disability itself but on the patient 's social circumstances as well . |
| 5 | For a moment his attractiveness shone so powerfully that it almost sabotaged the warning bells sounding strident alarm inside Charity 's head . |
| 6 | She fell heavily and the raised hoof caught Maggie on the shoulder so powerfully that she too fell , pain washing over her like fire . |
| 7 | However , they came across two of his friends and beat them so badly that they later died . |
| 8 | The candle flickered again , so badly that it almost flickered out . |
| 9 | For example , there 's a piece of cake in front of us and , and you know you just want it so badly and you just eat it , or even having sex , anything , I mean any desire that you have that you just follow . |
| 10 | And perhaps , the little thought insisted , Feargal would not view her quite so badly if she actually did something that could n't be misinterpreted . |
| 11 | I was enjoying Oxford so much that I sometimes forgot that moment in Clare 's bedroom when I made my decision about my future vocation . |
| 12 | To begin with Charlie was not quite sure what was happening , but he liked the sensation so much that he just continued to hold on to her , and after a time even began to press his tongue against hers . |
| 13 | He let her go so suddenly that she almost fell . |
| 14 | She had stopped so suddenly that he obviously thought he 'd distressed her . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyone can say they have no quarrel with people so long as they always get their own way . ’ |
| 16 | Right , so long as we then strike yellow , we can put it in . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're safe , so long as nobody else finds out . |
| 18 | The parents would cooperate all right , so long as nobody else interfered . |
| 19 | Yet Anglicans had always allowed for passive resistance , in the sense of non-compliance with the ungodly commands of the sovereign , so long as one peacefully accepted the punishments for one 's disobedience . |
| 20 | ‘ So long as he still has silver to pay us with , ’ Flodwig said . |
| 21 | But his risk is slight so long as he promptly obtains registration of the transfer . |
| 22 | The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled . |
| 23 | I do n't mind , I do n't mind so long as I just get out a bit on , into town and |
| 24 | But the relief of the husband from the obligation of maintenance continues only so long as she voluntarily remains absent . |
| 25 | So So if you just call your mum . |
| 26 | Dr Neil stepped back so swiftly that she almost fell ; he seized her by the shoulders and held her from him . |
| 27 | It naturalises itself so easily that it almost becomes a weed . |
| 28 | Isabel shoved her chair back so quickly that it almost toppled over . |
| 29 | During the first few tens of Ma Jupiter would cool so quickly that it hardly matters what the initial temperatures were provided that they were at least a few times 10 000 K. After a few hundred Ma , the exact time depending on the initial temperatures but in any case a small fraction of Jupiter 's lifetime , the rate of cooling would be far less . |
| 30 | Then I whirled , so quickly that I nearly ricked my neck , as I caught a movement at the edge of my vision . |