Example sentences of "was so [vb pp] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 2 | I was so overwhelmed that I started to cry . |
| 3 | I was so exhausted that I lay down and went to sleep . |
| 4 | I kept talking to his mother and the girl at the cash-register , but I was so distracted that I did n't know what I was saying . |
| 5 | I was so cowed that I did n't even say who I was ; I pretended to be her . |