Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often at this time of day , when he felt the day 's journey should be ending or reaching a destination , but knowing that it was not , knowing that what he was looking for probably happened after everybody else had gone home , he wished that he could end his days walking at the edge of a sea or a lake so big that you could n't see its other shore . |
| 2 | Harold wants Northumbria for the Godwin family , not an inflated Siward or a Scotia so weak that Norway could step in and settle there . ’ |
| 3 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 4 | ‘ He is wealthy and he does n't eat better than us and his father works in his garden ’ was a comment tinged with admiration , but dominated nonetheless by the thought that a man so obsessed did not lead the full life . |
| 5 | The difficulty for the prosecution is proving that a child so young intended to commit a crime . |
| 6 | In his message to the nation of 31 December 1950 , Franco admitted that " the rhythm of resettlement is still a long way below our ambitions " , but immediately excused this by saying that a sector so vital as agriculture would be damaged by " erroneous or precipitate reform " . |
| 7 | It is fitting that a hero so maladroit should be a Malaprop as well . |
| 8 | Some in disbelief that a car so beautiful , so fast and so downright delicious could cost as little as £27,000 . |
| 9 | ‘ Is it meaner than a dungeon so dark that you ca n't see your hand in front of your face ? ’ |
| 10 | It would have been no use asking him whether he thought there was a unifying purpose in life , whether it could really be chance that an animal so small that it could n't be seen by the naked eye could die millions of years ago in the depths of the sea and be resurrected by science to prove a man innocent or guilty . |
| 11 | With the much larger tablet area a finger 's pressure can be translated into a precise co-ordinate rather than an approximation so electronic finger painting is a real possibility ! |
| 12 | Black despair engulfed him , and a loneliness so absolute closed over his head that he felt himself drowning in it . |
| 13 | Each also had a wood stove , and a bathroom so small that someone of Arnold Schwarzenegger proportions would have been afraid to enter it , for fear of never getting back out . |
| 14 | Eagle 's Nest Direct was the first Very Severe rock climb in the British Isles and a route so serious then that to contemplate leading it at that time of primitive rope technique meant you also contemplated death . |
| 15 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 16 | The Rev Hammer stands resplendent in battered hat , pleated hair and a grin so friendly he might even stand a chance of getting in the Camden Palace , and announces ‘ There 's two shcools of folk — the scholars with 27 different versions of the same sea shanty , and the get drunk/dance a lot/make free love … this is the lot I 'm interested in ! ’ |
| 17 | There was anger in his voice , and a love so desperate that it smothered her . |
| 18 | They had dropped in to pick up Bill , who was of necessity going without Faye this year , and the sight of Tom in a black dinner suit and a shirt so white that it was almost ultra-violet had rocked Belinda 's usual state of equilibrium where their friendship was concerned . |
| 19 | The tears on Cullam 's cheeks awoke in him a nausea and a rage so fierce that it was all he could do to prevent himself from striking him . |
| 20 | He watched me with an anxiety and a pity so powerful I walked away . |
| 21 | Useless at the moment to try to touch her , to convince her that what he felt for her was love and a pity so enormous that it was almost unmanning him . |
| 22 | Later they went shopping in the markets and bought her red plastic plates and incense and spaghetti and him a copper kettle and a book so heavy that he could hardly carry it he said . |
| 23 | He had piercing blue eyes , hooded eyelids , a tanned , hard-boned face and a mouth so firm and uncompromising that Rachel felt a quiver go through her , a prickling of intense attraction , then , as her eyes flicked to Jenny , a sudden rush of envy that Jenny should have such a superb secret lover . |
| 24 | A door opened and a light so bright and sudden it hurt their eyes spilled through from the back . |
| 25 | Bite Three : ‘ A Prime Minister and a Cabinet so busy trying to recreate the present in the image of the past that they have entirely missed out on the opportunities for the future . ’ |
| 26 | These three Russian executante exiles from their native land , have a maturity born of long years together and a rapport so easeful and tangible that , from the first note in Rachmaninov 's Elegiac Trio , the audience was completely enthralled . |
| 27 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 28 | Sabine had a confused impression of height and strength , and an anger so powerful that she felt scorched by it . |
| 29 | Sir John Crandon , lord of the great , fat stomach , master of the sturdy legs and an arse so huge that Athelstan secretly called it ‘ Horsecrusher ’ . |
| 30 | The statement that ‘ Britain can not afford to go it alone ’ is usually presented as a matter of fact , as a point so strong as to be undebatable . |