Example sentences of "[noun pl] so [adj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I was a man of property , the joint owner of a large house in North Oxford , with investments so extensive I had no detailed idea of their scope and access to current and deposit accounts totalling well into six figures . |
| 2 | He smelt their fetid breath and tried to control the shuddering of his body , fighting against the nauseous panic which curdled his stomach and made his legs so weak he longed to sit down . |
| 3 | Tweeds so bright they look as if spun from neon sugar are cut into carefree little suits , and matched with bold , extravagantly coloured prints . |
| 4 | I was still worrying about this when I pulled into the hotel at Huacho , the mist thicker than ever and my eyes so tired they felt as though they had been sand-blasted . |
| 5 | However , press relations people often inundate the client with cuttings from places so remote he asks where they are . |
| 6 | Feelings so strong they made things happen — made the Worm grow . ’ |
| 7 | Now he overwhelms me , he is so human , so full of moods and gentleness and wonderful tunes and things so simple-deep I play them over and over again as once I used to copy drawings I liked . |
| 8 | The boat was a modern German vessel with fittings so basic it looked unfinished . |
| 9 | He looked to one side , at the dazzling expanse of machair ; endless emerald green scattered thick with flowers so bright they seemed lit from inside . |
| 10 | The physician nodded and , scooping up his philtres and potions into a leather sheet , led Cranston and Athelstan from Whitefriars down a maze of streets so narrow they continued to lead their horses . |
| 11 | I took a position on the edge of one of the bridges across the Seine and told , in halting fashion , stories about forests so high they pierced the clouds . |