Example sentences of "so [adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Luke ! ’ she broke in urgently , suddenly shaking so badly she could hardly stand . |
| 3 | Kathleen remembered nothing of the drive home , turning automatically into the parking area behind her flat and letting herself in with hands that shook so badly she could scarcely hold the keys . |
| 4 | He kept trying to rewrite the script and would produce pages which he scrawled on so badly you could n't read it , and neither could he . |
| 5 | Afterwards Jared Tunstall had said to her mama , ‘ It was a question of a little hustler meeting a big one , and if it were n't that he has hurt Sally-Anne so badly I could almost admire the swine for his gall . |
| 6 | And then , very very slowly , so slowly she could hardly see it happening , the glass began to lean backwards , farther and farther and farther backwards until it was balancing on just one edge of its base . |
| 7 | It looks as if there 's a path over from your cottage , so perhaps we could walk round there and then come back to you for tea ? ’ |
| 8 | But we have got a meeting on Thursday , so perhaps we could make a point of er coming forward with some possible suggestions . |
| 9 | Erm so perhaps we could have a a look and see what whether there is a plan afoot to er do those so that we could have some available for |
| 10 | Anthony had written that Julia seemed to like him , and so perhaps she could keep him out of their way . |
| 11 | The boys obviously like you so perhaps you could show your wife that a relationship with them based on mutual love and respect is far more likely to give better results . |
| 12 | It should have arrived at your parish by now , so perhaps you could ask your parish priest for a copy . |
| 13 | So perhaps you could arrange yourselves in a semi-circle just round here . |
| 14 | So perhaps you could give it some thought … ’ |
| 15 | I soon knew so much they could not deny me any longer ! |
| 16 | Those sort of Places made so much they could afford the luxury of high standards . |
| 17 | We ordered so much we could n't eat the last dish they brought us , could n't even touch it . |
| 18 | We was laughing so much we could n't get no sound out . |
| 19 | He would come and stay often at Seaford and we laughed so much we could n't eat . |
| 20 | Brian loved me so much he could n't face hurting me . |
| 21 | If he liked the house so much he could go and live in it himself and relive his happy memories . |
| 22 | I used to think she did this because she loved my father so much she could n't wait for him to come home . |
| 23 | erm Yes , now if we get to about half way down there 's a plus in the margin , and the third line in the bracket below that plus , more or less on a level with a three dot , and a little bit below , it says , William , I think it 's Wilkinson , a minister , curate of St Ebbe 's Parish , ‘ his answer that he must attend the burials and christenings ’ , so obviously he could n't work on the fortifications . |
| 24 | Nobody was quite sure how many degrees he had started and not finished , not even Boris , but he had been at the place so long he could remember when they used to spell it Freshmen 's Fair . |
| 25 | It seemed outrageously unfair that after so long she could not have him to herself and she hoped that his lodger would be tactful enough to leave them in peace during her visit . |
| 26 | Even though she 'd been dead for so long it could sometimes seem that she was still with him , a presence in the next room , someone on the other side of a door who waited and listened but who never stepped through , except when he dreamed . |
| 27 | Suppose the tendon had stretched for so long it could n't tauten , or the muscle was shrunk so dry its tiny capillaries were flat and empty . |
| 28 | But I she 'd had to lend Ian some money the week before last so so he could do their pocket money . |
| 29 | He bent over to speak so only she could hear him . |
| 30 | As for the King , ’ she edged closer to Corbett so only he could hear , her sweet cloying perfume catching his nostrils , until he almost thought that she was going to kiss him . |