Example sentences of "was so [adj] that it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The building was so perfect that it became fantastic , and we imagined a huge finger coming from the sky and pressing on the dome . |
| 2 | The animal was so tame that it shinned up his leg and dived into a deep pocket . |
| 3 | Her throat was so dry that it hurt . |
| 4 | His mouth was so wide that it looked like a post-box , and gave the impression of smiling all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ Demand was so good that it expanded from there , and George was happy to act as consultant , in return for being given some ground space at Ramsey to grow on Bonsai — his current passion . ’ |
| 6 | Gabriel put his flat trumpet to his lips and pretended to blow — and , underneath the cart , a shawm blew a nasal fanfare : the timing was so good that it startled even Gabriel . |
| 7 | His expression was so tender that it shocked Lee . |
| 8 | The shock was so great that it brought tears to his eyes , and when he 'd turned off the tap and dried his hand , the tears did n't stop . |
| 9 | In Bohemia under Joseph II opposition to the burial of Protestants in cemeteries hitherto reserved for Catholics was so great that it required the presence of a considerable force of cavalry to ensure that one such burial took place ; while the disastrous flooding of 1785 , when the Danube broke its banks , was widely regarded as a divine punishment for the emperor 's impious attacks on the Church . |
| 10 | The picture was so circumstantial that it began to be convincing , and Harry 's heart hammered in his breast with hope and dread . |
| 11 | Her fair hair was so long that it touched his hand whenever they sat side by side . |
| 12 | June 1873 , the Prince and Princess of Wales held a garden party there , at which Queen Victoria , also the Shah of Persia , were present , and the list of guests was so long that it filled three columns of the Times . |
| 13 | The weather was so nice that it seemed even the enemy had forgotten us . |
| 14 | When it was midnight and Rodrigo was fast asleep , the leper breathed against him between his shoulders , and that breath was so strong that it passed through him , even through his breast ; and he awoke , being astounded , and felt for the leper by him , and found him not ; and he began to call him , but there was no reply . |
| 15 | This camp was so strong that it remained as a major fortress for the Garonne region for centuries to follow . |
| 16 | Eventually the snow was so deep that it filled in all the fields with only the top few inches of the wall sticking out . |
| 17 | At that time of year the sun was so low that it shone directly into the livingroom during the whole of its brief traverse of the horizon . |
| 18 | It was so successful that it replaced all other control methods and the insect ceased to be a major pest . |
| 19 | The appeals court found that the Koons copying of the photo was so complete that it went beyond the bounds of the ‘ fair use ’ doctrine , which allows artists , authors and journalists to ‘ quote ’ from other works . |
| 20 | His triumph was so complete that it seemed to him that he must surely radiate some evident joy . |
| 21 | And it was so appalling that it had a genuine effect on public opinion . |
| 22 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 23 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 24 | Gedge 's infatuation with Rigby was so powerful that it led him to agree that Duane , a guitarist , could join the group . |
| 25 | One moment halfway up the straight it looked as if Eddery might have cut it too fine ; the next it was a question of how far he would win by , for this burst of speed was so decisive that it made the top horses in Europe look one-paced . |
| 26 | Unfortunately the material at the tide-line was so sloppy that it ran out of the probe and no cores were brought home . |
| 27 | Mine was so tight that it cut into the skin . |
| 28 | The avalanche was so enormous that it carried on travelling uphill on the other side of the valley . |
| 29 | The insurance company had claimed that the system for calculating punitive awards — to punish wrongdoers and deter future misconduct — was so irrational that it violated the company 's constitutional right to be treated fairly . |
| 30 | Ironically , it was so bitter that it made him a liability to the early Fascist movement , from whose main body he was later to break away . |