Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.

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1 But , most puzzling of all , why was the American so anxious that he should be nice to her … ?
2 The room , painted a white so fresh that it seemed pale blue , was cool and soothing .
3 Jo pulled nervously at the top of her dress ; it was also of satin , a pink so pale that it appeared white at first glance , swathed tightly around her long-waisted body and embroidered all over with pearls , brilliants and crumbs of coral .
4 They were a blue so deep that it was almost sapphire , and were thickly fringed with dark lashes .
5 They were passing thin poplars in a quiet so intense that you could hear the yellow poplar leaves dropping to the ground , on past an old stumpy church and a graveyard , with earthen walls and a beech hedge around it .
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