Example sentences of "so [adj] she [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Water swilled over the harbour road but Rain was already so wet she barely noticed as she splashed her way towards the town .
2 The totally unexpected mention of the Foundling Hospital , coming on top of the shock of seeing James , had shaken her so much she scarcely knew how to complete the rest of her tasks .
3 But when she swallowed , the first mouthful of crisp apple hurt her throat so much she almost cried .
4 His wife Ellen wrote to us with this smashing picture and told us that because Russell works so much she only ever sees him in his overall or a track suit .
5 His voice was so bland she really was n't sure if he was joking , but having asked and received an apparently satisfactory reply , she decided she had no choice but to go with him .
6 The kiss was gentle , so soft she barely felt it .
7 Luckily , Avril 's course work had been so good she only had to finish her dissertation to pass — which she did .
8 She was so impressed she apparently forgot about her appointment with Mrs Major , who was waiting patiently in the Savoy powder room .
9 The only part of her personal life in Hong Kong which was different was Damian Flint , and the threat he represented was so great she simply did not know how to deal with it .
10 Light was beginning to dawn on Loretta , and the relief was so great she almost laughed out loud .
11 Bernice was so shocked she nearly dropped the case .
12 ‘ You have never got out of the childish habit of trying to do several things at once , ’ Sally had said to her once ; Sally , so cool , so contained , so efficient she sometimes made Harriet feel as if she were still a child , though of course she would never admit it .
13 Sally was so surprised she almost choked on her cherry .
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