Example sentences of "so [adj] [that] [pron] did n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
| 2 | Either he was so upset that he did n't look where he was going , or he really did jump on purpose . ’ |
| 3 | At least when that happened , she would stop feeling his rejection so poignantly — stop caring about the fact that she disgusted him so much that he did n't want anything to do with her except sexually , and that against his will and to the damage of his self-respect . |
| 4 | It did well , in a truncated version , but had cost so much that it did n't earn the studio a profit , and consequently Thalberg fired the profligate Stroheim during the filming of Merry-Go-Round . |
| 5 | John Barrett , who succeeded his lifelong friend as the BBC 's senior tennis commentator , said : ‘ It 's so sad that he did n't have time to enjoy his retirement . |
| 6 | Everything was so sudden that we did n't know what to do , whether to stay where we were or to run . |
| 7 | Well I do n't know it the way you two do the work it looks so fine that I did n't think I could see it properly . |
| 8 | By now Nutmeg was so bewildered that he did n't know what to do . |
| 9 | She could n't bear him to think she was so selfish that she did n't care what harm she caused . |
| 10 | ‘ I should have phoned but the last few days have been so hectic that I did n't have time , ’ Claudia said as she gave Myra a brief account of finding Dana . |
| 11 | No one seems to worry about earthquakes , however : there was a slight tremor at about 8.30 a.m. one day last week , but it was so slight that I did n't notice it , although did . |
| 12 | They were made bearable only because Rosie and Francisco were so happy that they did n't notice her moods . |
| 13 | I remember I was due at one in the afternoon , but he was so busy that he did n't manage to get me till nine in the evening , but which time all my nerves had thankfully evaporated , and I guess I sang pretty well as a result . |
| 14 | ‘ Your trust appeared so implicit that you did n't even see the need to warn me it was your first time . |
| 15 | I was so shocked that I did n't think about whether I was hurt or not . ’ |
| 16 | Robyn noticed every detail in a fraction of a second , registered the thought that he looked so wonderful that it did n't bear thinking about , and then she asked , with deliberate bluntness , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 17 | It was so wonderful that she did n't really want to get out of the car . |
| 18 | I thought the Sex stuff was a bit weird but not so weird that I did n't want to get involved with it . |
| 19 | I expect she was so excited that she did n't stop to look up trains . |
| 20 | I am not so thick-brained that I did n't get the memo . ’ |
| 21 | The fact that we 'd all been put together was universally accepted as a sign that the end was so close that they did n't need to keep us apart any longer . |
| 22 | ‘ What you mean is , you 're not so thick-skulled that you did n't get the message . ’ |