Example sentences of "was so [adj] [conj] i [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 It was so close that I could see the tiny ball of silk held between its front pair of legs and its jaws .
2 I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’
3 The roof of the pub was so low that I could not stand upright .
4 How could I refuse her except by saying my death was so probable that I could not allow such a sacrifice ?
5 However , due to a lack of refinements such as a truss rod , the neck was so warped that I could n't put any frets on it , and so I was introduced to the world of fretless bass at an early age … ’
6 I had n't eaten since my snackette supper the night before and I was so hungry that I would have eaten almost anything , even a plate of my grandmother 's famously awful creamed ham and carrots , the only dish I know to have been inspired by vomit .
7 I was so hungry that I could not cry .
8 The sound was so soft that I could only just hear it .
9 The reception for visiting supporters was so different that I would like to comment .
10 All the others thought it was so wonderful and I could n't understand what I was missing .
11 I was so angry that I could feel the scorched marks which the blood made on my cheeks .
12 I knocked on it but it was so dilapidated that I could see right through the door frame and into a large room where a man was sitting in a kitchen chair , dressed in trousers and vest .
13 The mist was so thick that I could not see anything .
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