Example sentences of "and a [noun] so [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Black despair engulfed him , and a loneliness so absolute closed over his head that he felt himself drowning in it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | 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 ! ’ |
| 6 | There was anger in his voice , and a love so desperate that it smothered her . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He watched me with an anxiety and a pity so powerful I walked away . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A door opened and a light so bright and sudden it hurt their eyes spilled through from the back . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Sabine had a confused impression of height and strength , and an anger so powerful that she felt scorched by it . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |