Example sentences of "so [adj] that when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That did n't help the Black Destroyer , certainly , but it died because I made a mistake , and my power is so strong that when it goes wrong , which is seldom but not never , even those things I have invested with great protective power become vulnerable . |
| 2 | Once more she stood gazing out over the garden , but this time everything seemed different — so different that when he took her gently into his arms it was so natural that she made no attempt to draw back . |
| 3 | King Francis became so rotten that when they took his corpse to St Denis they had to put it in a lead coffin . |
| 4 | The director then comes up with an interpretation which claims that the dust is so fine that when it enters the lungs it is exhaled again . |
| 5 | He hauled the front door open so hard that when it hit the stop the stained-glass panel shattered . |
| 6 | They had handcuffs on me and I 've still got marks on my hands — you can see — where the handcuffs were put on so tight that when I got to the station they could n't get them off me . |
| 7 | As a result , impulses might be suppressed for so long that when they do eventually erupt , they can seem destructive . |
| 8 | We 'll have ha we will have been an irrel irrelevant to them for so long that when they do find another job or even a first job , then we will have a major task to convince them of the value of trade union membership . |
| 9 | ‘ Jill Jones 's album had been on the shelf for so long that when it did come out , it sounded old , ’ she reveals . |
| 10 | Also , the boat was so small that when I rowed , the waves came over the sides of the boat . |
| 11 | The air is so thin that when it reaches the highest point medical staff in white coats appear in the carriages to administer oxygen to passengers struck down by the altitude . |
| 12 | The car was so big that when she leaned back into her corner there might have been a cold room between them . |
| 13 | His lipstick was so thick that when he smiled at her , he showed teeth rimmed with red . |
| 14 | They were cleaned until you could see your face in them and fellows were so keen that when they got a new tunic , they would cut all their new buttons off , and put their old buttons on that were beautifully shined . |
| 15 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |