Example sentences of "[vb past] so [adj] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Val with Matthew and William took the train to Auckland — a trip they recommended so much that I did it as well , 5 weeks later — and after staying overnight with the Hartleys they flew out on 23rd March — five and a half months after our arrival . |
2 | In the end the man became so nervous that I had to hold his arm and literally steer him through the crowd to the right spot . |
3 | After that they got so frequent that I had to select . ’ |
4 | My confidence suffered so much that I failed to reach the 50-wicket mark in three successive County Championship campaigns with Middlesex . |
5 | He seemed so weak that I wondered how long he would live . |
6 | The room , and the view , and the two people , seemed so calm that I did not want to disturb them . |
7 | Everything here seemed so unreal that I had to come to terms with it as soon as possible , so that I can begin work . |
8 | My father worked so hard that I did not have to give too much of my ‘ dole ’ money to housekeeping . |
9 | I felt so good that I decorated the hall . |
10 | In fact , I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red . |
11 | Stok joined in the last three words as I said them , and then he laughed So loud that I thought he would shake some of the cracked tiles off the wall . |
12 | For a few horrible moments I thought the motor would n't fire , but after several pulls it caught , then I just hooked my overnight bag over one shoulder , took the tiller and made for the shore , which looked so close that I felt I could have swum across . ’ |
13 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
14 | Her comments alongside her weekly measuring sessions said so much that I felt you would enjoy reading them too : |
15 | On the first one , I was making the record and I broke a string on my Firebird and could n't be bothered changing strings , and so I plugged the Lazer in and it sounded so good that I kept using it . |
16 | He sounded so sincere that I forgave him at once in my heart . |
17 | The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way . |
18 | Once I waited so long and stayed so late that I gave myself away to Syl , who had called in the usual way at the front door , to be told by my mother that I was in the summer-house and he should go and bring me out and back to the drawing-room where , like normal people , we should converse . |
19 | He explained so much that I had not known . |