Example sentences of "[pron] was so [adj] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so innocent that in spite of our so-called training , of all the propaganda , I had never really been able to believe that someone might want to kill me . |
| 2 | But I was so lucky that with one exception , everything seemed to fall into place at exactly the right time . ’ |
| 3 | I was so bemused that at first I could do nothing but stare . |
| 4 | I was so surprised that at the time I uttered no word . |
| 5 | After his father 's death in 1885 the cable companies persuaded him to set up his own manufacturing business , Muirhead & Company , which was so successful that in 1894 he was able to take over his father 's old firm when it was finally wound up . |
| 6 | When her kindergarten time was up , her parents engaged a modelling tutor to come in twice a week , and she was so good that at the age of 7 she was admitted to the Dover School of Art where she stayed until she was eighteen . |
| 7 | There she met Molly Braithwaite , who was so enthusiastic that after finishing her degree she also trained at the Medau School and on her return joined Peggy in taking classes . |
| 8 | It was so radical that in later centuries it did lead to the abolition of slavery in the Western world . |
| 9 | It was so enjoyable that at the headwall I took a line up the steepest part , just so I could play about hanging from the holds . |
| 10 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 11 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |