Example sentences of "so [adj] [pers pn] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dozens of animals were so weak they had to be shot on the spot . |
| 2 | And for RSPCA inspectors , who found cattle on the farm so weak they had to be shot on the spot , it was an important victory . |
| 3 | Most evenings they were so exhausted they had to be carried home on their parents ' shoulders . |
| 4 | The results were a very mixed bag , with some of them so gloomy they refused to be quoted . |
| 5 | Before they were out of the English channel a severe storm washed a man overboard and left Mrs Dutton so ill she had to be taken ashore in a pilot boat when the storm dropped . |
| 6 | He was so tired he had to be hauled to safety by members of the public . |
| 7 | She was so happy she wanted to be especially nice to everybody . |
| 8 | One pupil told her grandmother , who was so shocked she had to be calmed down by her son and daughter-in-law . |
| 9 | The cub became so domesticated he had to be put through a special programme to prepare him for life in his natural habitat . |
| 10 | that 's my fear coming , that 's what makes me run away from her , I was so scared it seems to be either come like , what you call ? |
| 11 | Above it , is a cloud so dense it appears to be like a girder , half of it molten . |
| 12 | ‘ Some three and four year olds ' teeth are so bad they have to be given a general anaesthetic to have six or more teeth pulled out . |