Example sentences of "so [adj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were so narrow they looked like gun-slits . |
| 2 | The car was so low it looked as if a giant had tried to stub it out and it was clear that getting out of the bucket seat gave the Greek momentary altitude sickness . |
| 3 | The sun was so low it looked through the dirty window at her , touching the reeds with golden fingers so that they were bright yellow . |
| 4 | Dozens of animals were so weak they had to be shot on the spot . |
| 5 | And for RSPCA inspectors , who found cattle on the farm so weak they had to be shot on the spot , it was an important victory . |
| 6 | I mean he went to school , he went to oh school , but he lived at Enfield and erm , you 'd have never thought then that he had got it in him and , so dry I said to dad I said he never ought to be a bus driver , cos the things he comes out with , he 'd have to be a comedian , I mean he 's , I mean as er , what , they used to call the comedians did n't they , three or four of them on the telly , and I mean |
| 7 | There had been years of smoking , drinking , sexual intercourse and dances , helped by there being a fire escape outside her bedroom and the fact her parents were always so exhausted they slept like mummies . |
| 8 | Most evenings they were so exhausted they had to be carried home on their parents ' shoulders . |
| 9 | Drivers Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx were n't convinced by the car 's handling characteristics , so unconvinced they collided at the first corner . |
| 10 | Well I think it was I mean that erm we when you dredge from the Causeway I 'd say near the Harbourmaster 's office and we dredged all the way to Botterman 's Bay just below Pinmill and that Botterman 's Bay was that 's a place where they had and that 's where the big ships used to moor then and they used to get .. be lightened , like all grain goods and that used to be loaded into barges by hand and then when it goes so light they used to the fish with about three thousand grain in 'em and then they used to fill them up in the dock , on the same method . |
| 11 | Hoomey was so relieved he felt like bursting into tears , but with Nails beside him he forced himself to affect nonchalance . |
| 12 | I was so relieved I went to bed for two days . |
| 13 | The results were a very mixed bag , with some of them so gloomy they refused to be quoted . |
| 14 | The rise was a mere token , from 2 to 3 per cent , but people were so nervous they clutched at straws , assuring each other that now all would be well . |
| 15 | Before they were out of the English channel a severe storm washed a man overboard and left Mrs Dutton so ill she had to be taken ashore in a pilot boat when the storm dropped . |
| 16 | The st'lyan 's mane was so white it looked as if it had been bleached . |
| 17 | It 's so good you stopped for Nellie , sir . |
| 18 | By the time this chore was finished , I was so tired I fell into a doze on the veranda , dreaming of a Gauguin nude of Aleena 's grandmother , and then of a painting of Tiare and her daughter , and then how easy it would be if they could all come and live with me and we could just hang the pictures on the walls and enjoy them . |
| 19 | Well i i and if it cried well you let it cry , you just let it go on crying until it was so tired it went to sleep . |
| 20 | He was so tired he had to be hauled to safety by members of the public . |
| 21 | But Janice 's fear was so great she struggled through two more migraines before screwing up enough courage to try the injection . |
| 22 | I went swimming , and I was so happy I cried into the sea for three-quarters of an hour . |
| 23 | She was so happy she wanted to be especially nice to everybody . |
| 24 | One day , her greed was so extreme she bit into the hand itself . |
| 25 | He looked so dreadful she went to him , knelt , put her hand on his . |
| 26 | Abruptly , the dark head was bent to hers again , the compulsive brush of his lips against the side of her neck so searing it felt as if they grazed her skin . |
| 27 | One pupil told her grandmother , who was so shocked she had to be calmed down by her son and daughter-in-law . |
| 28 | The cub became so domesticated he had to be put through a special programme to prepare him for life in his natural habitat . |
| 29 | I was so annoyed I thought to myself |
| 30 | She come with her boyfriend , right and she looked so funky she looked like a clown ! . luminous babygro thing with black and pink and green on it . |