Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] so [adv] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty of them had been drinking so heavily that they forgot to get off at Peterborough to catch their connection to Harwich . |
| 2 | For a while during the 1970s these counterurban tendencies were operating so powerfully that they replaced the North-South drift as a primary dimension of regional population change in Britain ( Champion , 1983 ) . |
| 3 | Things were going so well that she did n't want anyone else interfering with what she had worked so hard for . |
| 4 | There were marvellous areas of growth , like Caribbean cruising with the fantastic prices and quality incidental to the impact of all the extra tonnage , and the ferries were doing so well that it would be a good idea to discourage people from turning up in hordes at Dover unticketed . |
| 5 | Although the latter 's earnings fell its dividend is handsomely covered , while a company like Rentokil is growing so healthily that it can afford to pay out the extra £1 million that its generosity has cost . |
| 6 | ‘ The widow , ’ replied Hank , with more than a trace of impatience in his voice , and then continued : ‘ And it 's selling so fast that I do n't know what to do with the money . |
| 7 | Bulmers is doing so well that it 's going to need an extra two hundred tons of apples a day from local growers … |
| 8 | We play football and I score a goal , mainly because everyone except Stewpid is playing so badly that it 's difficult to miss … . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's playing so well that he 's been a very big miss . |
| 10 | Her heart was thumping so loudly that she wondered for a fleeting second whether Scott could hear it . |
| 11 | Her heart was galloping so fast that she felt quite giddy with happiness . |
| 12 | By the time he 'd captured her flailing arms , and crushed her hips close enough to minimise damage from her kicking feet , she was shivering so convulsively that she felt almost feverish . |
| 13 | Perdita was trembling so badly that she could hardly zip up her boots . |
| 14 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |
| 15 | Cassie , who by now was trembling so violently that she could not trust herself to lift the loaded tray , said lightly : ‘ Take the tray , will you , Jenny ? |
| 16 | Her heart was acting so erratically that she could hardly analyse what he had just said . |
| 17 | ‘ My heart was racing so uncontrollably that it was all I could do to say anything at all , ’ she told him . |
| 18 | He 'd come out here to try to make trouble over her work , but luckily everything was going so well that he 'd find that difficult . |
| 19 | Its population was expanding so fast that it seemed impossible that food production could keep pace with it . |
| 20 | He was coming so fast that she knew he had not seen her and she had to brake sharply , frowning with exasperation . |
| 21 | Third at the last fence , he passed Royal Mail and with just over a furlong to go was finishing so strongly that it looked as if he must catch Aldaniti . |
| 22 | But he was shaking so badly that he had to sit down and have a rest . |
| 23 | Pinned beneath him , she was shaking so violently that she had to cling to him to steady herself . |
| 24 | Her heart was beating so fast that she felt out of breath . |
| 25 | Her throat felt dry and constricted , while her heart was beating so violently that she felt Fen must be able to hear its pounding . |
| 26 | Her heart was pounding so rapidly that she felt sure he must hear it . |