Example sentences of "was so [adj] that [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that we 'd all been put together was universally accepted as a sign that the end was so close that they did n't need to keep us apart any longer . |
| 2 | It was so close that I felt I could reach out and touch her . |
| 3 | There was a relationship between Jean Simmons ( then married to Stewart Granger ) and Burton which was so close that he continued embracing her , publicly , after the stroke of midnight one New Year 's Eve , only to look up to a slap in the face from Sybil , who instantly left the party — for New York . |
| 4 | ‘ She did , and Russell was so unhappy that he did not contest it . ’ |
| 5 | Desmond thinks that he 's the dad of thing cos he was so drunk that he slept with her but his mum |
| 6 | I met R. D. Case afterwards — he was on the Westminster Gazette at that time — and he told me that Stanford was so drunk that he 'd almost fallen into the gravel Apparently he 'd just been caught in time by George Watson-Forbes , who later wrote a remarkable series of articles in the Daily News on the Home Rule question . ’ |
| 7 | I was bleeding from a laceration on my scalp and was so drunk that I had no recollection of what had happened ; a Sergeant quizzed me closely and seeing that I was incapable of speech , took me downstairs and put me into an ambulance . |
| 8 | Because she was so certain that she wanted someone older and more experienced to look after her baby than a young girl straight out of college , Celia had not bothered to mention Edna 's letter to Brian . |
| 9 | The building was so perfect that it became fantastic , and we imagined a huge finger coming from the sky and pressing on the dome . |
| 10 | The animal was so tame that it shinned up his leg and dived into a deep pocket . |
| 11 | I thanked my lucky stars for Twelve French Poets , the A-level syllabus , and our rectangular French teacher , who was so thorough that I found I could discuss symbolism and synaesthesia without batting an eyelid . |
| 12 | In my mind it was so real that I spent several hours on this description . |
| 13 | Her throat was so dry that it hurt . |
| 14 | Left alone she was so docile that she ignored Frankie completely , but in the company of the ferocious Rosie she , too , became a dangerous animal . |
| 15 | But it , it was so varied that you went through the , the cities and the highland scenes where they went through the highlands and in the country and then you ended up with coming on to a crossroads in a modern , a futuristic city , where if you look down you , the pavements were elevated and you walked down to where all the models of General Motors were displayed as if they were crossing roads . |
| 16 | When she died , a couple of years later , he was so heartbroken that he made sure he would share her final resting place at the Downs Crematorium in Bear Road when he , too , was laid to rest . |
| 17 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 18 | His mouth was so wide that it looked like a post-box , and gave the impression of smiling all the time . |
| 19 | She could n't bear him to think she was so selfish that she did n't care what harm she caused . |
| 20 | The darkness was so total that she wondered if they would even be able to proceed without the aid of a torch . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 24 | Poseidon was so grateful that he created a constellation in the dolphins ' honour called Delphinus , just west of Pegasus . |
| 25 | I suppose she was so grateful that she became one of his flock . |
| 26 | After the baby was born , he was so elated that he did not manage to get to the Town Hall to register his daughter 's existence . |
| 27 | His expression was so tender that it shocked Lee . |
| 28 | On the night , the young soprano was so nervous that he made a fatal mistake : he forgot to put on any underwear . |
| 29 | He was so unsuccessful that he came close to packing it in until he allowed his gloomy demeanour to shine on stage . |
| 30 | But Albert was so sure that she had made a Will … |