Example sentences of "[v-ing] so [adv] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With her heart thudding so loudly that she felt sure he must feel it through her ribcage , she took another gulp of tea and waited , knowing he must speak , explain somehow what it was that had suddenly flared between them again . |
| 2 | Her heart was galloping so fast that she felt quite giddy with happiness . |
| 3 | Her heart was thumping so loudly that she wondered for a fleeting second whether Scott could hear it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Things were going so well that she did n't want anyone else interfering with what she had worked so hard for . |
| 8 | Isabel knew her heart had ceased beating because now it shuddered into action again , racing so fast that she began to feel faint . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | Its population was expanding so fast that it seemed impossible that food production could keep pace with it . |
| 11 | Suddenly there was a rush of water and he was there and she grabbed at him and then the world and white water spun as he entered her again , deeply , thoroughly , moving so desperately that she moaned against his mouth . |
| 12 | Then her hand shot out and she whipped the piece of paper out of his pocket , moving so quickly that he had no chance to stop her . |
| 13 | Her legs took the decision from her , buckling so quickly that she stumbled back to the bed . |
| 14 | A recent Gallup Poll showed that 80pc of the public oppose foxhunting with 79pc objecting so firmly that they favour Parliament banning this cruelty . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was coming so fast that she knew he had not seen her and she had to brake sharply , frowning with exasperation . |
| 17 | Thirty of them had been drinking so heavily that they forgot to get off at Peterborough to catch their connection to Harwich . |
| 18 | She winced , the force of his brutal remark piercing through her like a sharp knife , the suggestion of other women hurting so badly that she realised with a sick sensation that she was jealous . |
| 19 | But he was shaking so badly that he had to sit down and have a rest . |
| 20 | Pinned beneath him , she was shaking so violently that she had to cling to him to steady herself . |
| 21 | Fearnley was by now talking so quietly that I had to lean close to hear him . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's playing so well that he 's been a very big miss . |
| 23 | Her heart was pounding so rapidly that she felt sure he must hear it . |
| 24 | Luce sat perfectly still , her eyes on his face , her heart beating so loudly that she thought he must hear . |
| 25 | Her heart was beating so fast that she felt out of breath . |
| 26 | Her throat felt dry and constricted , while her heart was beating so violently that she felt Fen must be able to hear its pounding . |