Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | He listened so politely that I perhaps talked a little too much about my dear country . |
| 2 | That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto . |
| 3 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 4 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 5 | I 've gone to see my favourite players play — I 'd see them one night and they 'd be phenomenal and I 'd like the show so much that I would go the next night , drive two hours to see it and it would suuuuck ! and that 's just the way it is . ’ |
| 6 | I loved him so much that I knew it would be all right . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's because she loves me so much that I just ca n't hurt her . |
| 9 | He certainly has a vision for the Burmese farmer , and I have never liked him so much as I did last night as we sat talking together under the stars . |
| 10 | They came in illegally low after bombing practice on the range just down the firth , blasting over the island so suddenly that I jumped while in the delicate manoeuvre of teasing a wasp into a jar from the old tree stump near the ruined sheep-pen at the north end of the island . |
| 11 | Oh , there are all manner of things I need , it is so long since I went shopping . |
| 12 | It 's so long since I had people to dinner . |
| 13 | I mean the first two the first two or three nights after and that 's like the sleeping death because it 's it 'd been so long since I had a complete nights sleep . |
| 14 | Not so long since I was in here myself , but I never dreamed Willis had not quite known what to bring , so he 'd decided on a packet of Whiffs . |
| 15 | Eeh , I 'm beginning to think those legs of yours have disappeared , it 's so long since I saw them . |
| 16 | The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be . |
| 17 | But it is so long since I went to a party , ’ she whispered . |
| 18 | It 's been so long since I spent oh at least three quarters of a lunch break . |
| 19 | ‘ Nor have you wanted them from me , You 'd never have stayed around so long if I 'd pushed you about . ’ |
| 20 | So long as I stuck to squawks and Pretty fucking Polly , I was fine ? |
| 21 | There 's a bleak line in the book when , his parents divorcing , his father leaving for Europe , Rock quotes himself , aged 11 , saying ‘ I 'll be OK , Dad , I wo n't need Mom so long as I can have the limo . ’ |
| 22 | So long as I keep it up I am still in charge of my own destiny . |
| 23 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |
| 24 | I know that so long as I do n't manage to count up to one hundred before the spasm ceases , I shall live . |
| 25 | ‘ So long as I keep still , I feel very little . |
| 26 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 27 | I was in no mood to stop them so long as I got my mail . |
| 28 | Bread never went mouldy in Algeria , which meant that so long as I was prepared for a good chew , I could always buy enough to last to the next village . |
| 29 | I 'll wait all night if necessary so long as I know you 'll be coming . |
| 30 | No-one else in our aircraft appeared to be the least bit concerned , but my relief as we finally drew near the coast of England again and then began our descent to the safety of solid earth was so great that I made a little promise to myself that I would never again set foot in an aeroplane , so long as I could be permitted to survive this one trip . |