Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] so [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's because she loves me so much that I just ca n't hurt her . |
| 2 | To know you so completely that ever after you will be me , and I you . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ God , ’ he muttered against her neck , ‘ you can be the most impossible woman I 've ever met , but I want you so badly that it hurts . ’ |
| 4 | He came to meet her so fast that the skirt of his white coat floated out behind him . |
| 5 | Also , more is understood nowadays about the balance of life within a pool , so the much quoted passage of the father of English gardening , William Robinson , in his classic The English Flower Garden ( 1895 ) scarcely applies now : ‘ Unclean and ugly pools deface our gardens ; some have a mania for artificial water , the effect of water pleasing them so well that they bring it near their houses where they can not have its good effects . |
| 6 | He said huskily , ‘ Let me , McAllister , ’ and began to unbutton her blouse , ‘ I want to stroke you , McAllister , and not your clothes , ’ and she made no effort to stop him , and when he bent his head to kiss the breasts he had fondled with his hands the cry which she gave was one of pleasure , not fear , for now it was Dr Neil loving her so carefully that the flood of pleasure was almost on her from that alone . |
| 7 | THERE is nothing more humiliating than loving him so much that you forgive the infidelities . |
| 8 | The mother-daughter relationship he had witnessed in London had moved him so profoundly that he had fallen in love with them both . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , Paul is saying that Jesus ' death affected him so profoundly that by standing in his shadow he is forgiven and justified . |
| 10 | You were pretty then , but now — ’ he stood back and surveyed her so admiringly that it was impossible to take offence ‘ — now you 're absolutely beautiful . ’ |
| 11 | Even when you have a rib transfer carriage , you will still need to transfer a stitch by hand sometimes ; this is much easier if you 've done it so often that it 's automatic . |
| 12 | We were looking forward to gorging ourselves , but the buyer was a restaurateur and his chef had skinned it so cleanly that there was n't enough flesh for a sandwich ) . |
| 13 | Relax deeply , then imagine yourself curled up inside a dark cocoon , which envelops you so closely that you can barely breathe . |
| 14 | In fact he confirmed it so strongly that we had pulled ourselves together for a few days . |
| 15 | As she returned to her nest , looking around her , she could see it so clearly that it made her laugh . |
| 16 | He glanced round , then caught her arm and steered her unceremoniously across the street into a small park , holding her so tightly that she had no chance to break away . |
| 17 | He had gathered her closer in his arms , he was holding her so tightly that she could n't tell whose heartbeat it was she felt throbbing within her bones , his or hers . |
| 18 | Nicolo cried out her name , then gathered her close and kissed her , holding her so tightly that she felt the thundering beat of his heart . |
| 19 | She sat there , quivering as he took her in his arms , kissing her so sweetly that she thought the pain of love would tear open her heart . |
| 20 | His immediate concern is to get them to help themselves but not to do it so successfully that the state will throw in its hand altogether . |
| 21 | What I do n't want is to do it so seldom that he gets angry ; because he does if he has to wait too long . |
| 22 | Mrs Richards reached out and took Shelley 's hand , holding it so tightly that the nails dug into Shelley 's skin . |
| 23 | He had schooled it so well that it received the implications of that entire passage of information with no expression at all . |
| 24 | The one who was sharing Tony 's bed — and sharing it so enthusiastically that neither of them heard Folly 's approaching footsteps until she walked right into the room . |
| 25 | She was kneading the gloves in her lap , gripping them so tightly that her knuckles showed white . |
| 26 | But they loved me so passionately that I had a secure base to my life . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And the third man who … said he loved me … ’ and her voice faltered at the words ‘ … loved me so dearly that on hearing the slanders of my assailant he believed every word that he said , and none of mine . |
| 28 | I honestly thought she loved me so much that she 'd been prepared to get herself pregnant to trick me into marriage . |
| 29 | She hit him so savagely that a woman with a pram told her to calm down . |
| 30 | Her father loved her so much that he gave her everything , and never scolded her . |