Example sentences of "so [det] [that] [pron] could [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | She was shaking so much that she could barely speak . |
2 | It was a great day when he found , not so much that he could still play , but that he still wanted to . |
3 | He wanted to be with her so much that he could hardly breathe . |
4 | But his hands were shaking so much that he could hardly stop himself knocking the food off the plate . |
5 | At first the result was that his lungs hurt so much that he could hardly stand up . |
6 | Has the hon. Gentleman , who reads with his lips so much that he could almost give lessons to the Leader of the Opposition , read the amendment which deals with precisely this issue ? |
7 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
8 | But the Chinese Constitution contains all sorts of promises , too — so many that it could probably have been construed to forbid the People 's Liberation Army from shooting dead hundreds of unarmed civilians , and to prohibit the arbitrary arrest , summary trial or execution of thousands more . |