Example sentences of "[noun sg] so tightly " in BNC.
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| 1 | She plaited her hair so tightly that it hurt her , straining hair and flesh until it felt as though the white seam down the back of her head might split and the brains gush out . |
| 2 | And their mother had screwed up the tube of toothpaste so tightly that the lid would n't budge . |
| 3 | She darted over to embrace Dot so tightly that she could n't breathe . |
| 4 | A clear example of this may be seen in the learner driver who grips the steering wheel so tightly with one hand that he has great difficulty in moving the wheel with the other . |
| 5 | His nose tingled with the remembered scent of the hot oily smell which pulsed from the blaring roundabout and the acrid odour of his own hands , faintly green from clutching the brass post so tightly . |
| 6 | Her long fingers gripped the spoon so tightly her knuckles were white . |
| 7 | She could only nod mutely , her hands gripping each other so tightly that her fingers went numb . |
| 8 | Her fists gripped the armrests of the chair so tightly she made out the taut ligaments running from her wrists to her knuckles . |
| 9 | Tying her lead rope so tightly she could n't move her head , Luke had climbed up and approached her from above . |
| 10 | Peter had taken the flute from Tom , Tom was dancing with Alice and Jarvis capering with Jay , while Tina and Billy were half under the table in a clinch so tightly intertwined as to seem to make one person of them . |
| 11 | Damian 's deep voice drawled , and Rachel suddenly realised she was clutching her glass so tightly that the stem might have cracked . |
| 12 | She imagined the telephone tone bleeping out in the iron-grey sitting-room overlooking the Thames , her fist gripping the receiver so tightly that her knuckles were white . |
| 13 | Elaine was gripping Francis 's hand so tightly that he yelped . |
| 14 | He had bandaged his cut hand so tightly his fingers were beginning to go numb . |
| 15 | Dominic Wetherby 's right hand was clutching a packet of cheese so tightly that it was impossible to prise it out of the dead grip . |
| 16 | She was gripping the tiller arm so tightly that the blood had been driven out of her knuckles . |
| 17 | His hand lashed out to grip her arm so tightly it hurt , as he meant it to . |
| 18 | He plunged down , swung wildly , and ended up dangling over a bone-splintering death with his hands gripping the dragonlord 's arm so tightly that the man screamed . |
| 19 | Suddenly his hand moved , fastening around one slender wrist so tightly that Isabel 's bones cracked . |