Example sentences of "so [adv] [that] i [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same is true of the altogether exceptional recording , which held my concentration so effortlessly that I could hardly believe that nearly a whole hour had passed when I emerged elated at the other end . |
| 2 | The next few gybes were the first I had ever done with speed all the way through the turn , in fact , it happened so quickly that I could n't change the rig fast enough — so then I had to work on the rig change . |
| 3 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 4 | When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free … |
| 5 | A thousand needs that I 've spent most of my teenage years pretending do n't exist , and when they 've made themselves felt , so strongly that I ca n't fail to be aware of them , I 've crushed them , trying to control my appetite and cravings in every way that I know , fighting a pointless and endless war against myself . |
| 6 | He talked so steadily that I could hardly thank him . |
| 7 | And he bent his head so that his mouth was hidden in the folds of my skirt , and said so softly that I could hardly hear it , but I felt it more than heard it , through the red material , murmured against my leg : " I love you . " |
| 8 | Then all at once , so subtly that I could hardly be sure when I first saw it , I realised that the sky was full of movement , small shadowy shapes skimming low over the ground , silently , as if bats or night-time swallows were criss-crossing my line of vision , swarming between the broch and the sea . |
| 9 | She somehow manages to put invitations so cleverly that I can hardly refuse them — will I advise her about a job move , will I try out a new restaurant with her before she entertains a client there ? |