Example sentences of "so [adj] that [pron] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no flat black Córdoba hat , but it was the same man and Maggie felt an almost bitter rush of disappointment , so strong that it took her by surprise . |
| 2 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 3 | The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise . |
| 4 | Johanna was so popular that it took police a day to talk to all her friends after she was reported missing . |
| 5 | Maggie looked so glad that he took her hand and raised it to his lips , kissing each finger as his eyes held hers . |
| 6 | They held each other tight , so tight that it took their breath away , zipped together into one being . |
| 7 | At Rouen the fuel filters were so good that they took all the dye out of the fuel and became clogged , so we only finished second . |
| 8 | The speed of her car was still so great that it took Chesarynth a while to realize the signs were n't complete . |
| 9 | ‘ We were so good for so long that we took it for granted . |
| 10 | He longed then , suddenly , and with a passion that had been suppressed so long that it took him by surprise , for someone to share all this with . |
| 11 | The thought of it had been impossible for so long that it took some getting used to . |
| 12 | Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text . |
| 13 | Regretfully she decided not to wash her hair ; it was so thick that it took ages to dry and she was sure his patience would n't last that long ; also she had to get to work . |
| 14 | The imaginings were so potent that they took wing and rustled round the room , little winged souls , small bird-faced holy ghosts , emanations : the whole room was suddenly dense with the vibration of their rustling , the old-fashioned white tiles with their rounded edges glinted with their reflections , the linoleum shimmered , the kitchen cupboards shook , the morbid whiteness and greenness of the paintwork quivered , the exposed pipes trembled and knocked . |