Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was certain that Scarlet would never behave so irrationally but could not quite rid himself of the image of the breakfast table . |
| 2 | I 'll , I 'll ask this other girl who I do n't know so well but I 'm sure if she 's going that way , she , you know , she 's in that area anyway . |
| 3 | Well I hope so too but it was n't the whole object of the exercise . |
| 4 | I mean , we have n't done so far but we , that 's what but , this is stuff we got about hundred |
| 5 | Frank , I think , had spoken to him about not taking everything that was said so personally but to learn how to ride the ups and downs , the vicissitudes , of theatre . ’ |
| 6 | Okay , we can agree what I have said so far but then I 'm going to have to look at other things once I 've made further changes . |
| 7 | TNO vice-president Arthur Rörsch says that the government is pleased that the centre is valued so highly but that , ‘ against a background of budget cuts , with health budgets particularly under fire , it is not really easy to be optimistic ’ . |
| 8 | This is the biggest amount raised so far but this year we hope to raise even more ’ . |
| 9 | He has sat and matched the former world amateur champions shoot up the rankings and said : ‘ I 'm glad to see them doing so well but it 's annoying when you know you are as good as them but are not able to do anything about it . |
| 10 | ‘ Everything collapsed so quickly but things can change for the better in just as short a space a time . |
| 11 | ‘ We have work to do and it is essential that there are no distractions , ’ says Coleman , ‘ I am happy the way our build-up has gone so far but the next ten days or so are obviously the most important in terms of morale and motivation . ’ |
| 12 | If the vulnerable organic layers did not exist teeth would not rot so easily but then they would be brittle and would probably break early in life . |
| 13 | ‘ The club scene in the North is n't too healthy because the players are spread so thinly but there are still plenty of good ones about , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Harry was a little worried to see the water supply diminishing so rapidly but was pleased that Lucy was enjoying herself . |
| 15 | we 'd , we 'd tie , we 'd tie a wire round the pole and heave that up you see so far but you could n't pull the chain up . |