Example sentences of "so [adj] [that] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The denial can be so strong that faced , for example , with diabetes , they fail to take their diet or their insulin . |
| 2 | But she told the boy his offences were so serious that had he been 15 , not 14 , he 'd almost certainly have received a custodial sentence . |
| 3 | There are , the book argued , many ways of ‘ being at home in the town ’ , with many examples of good practice already visible today in maturing towns ; in densely populated areas with narrow streets ; in ‘ a celebratory way ’ by making a quiet little green island at the opening of a street ; in a new town ; in existing residential areas where the space around the houses and garages is used to make a series of squares and narrowings ; or ‘ in a happy way ’ where flowers and trees are so colourful that parked cars are less intrusive . |
| 4 | The filming took so long that had to remake the heap a couple of times and start again . |
| 5 | Another empty day with none of the jobs she had carried out day after day for so long that filled her time with things she enjoyed . |
| 6 | They were beyond sense , and later , much later , when he met her mama and papa , who had not gone shopping after all , but were sitting patiently in Uncle Orrin 's drawing-room , and later still when Uncle Orrin and Aunt Nella arrived , and they all had luncheon together , the lovers ' happiness was so patent that Jared Tunstall thought that his wilful daughter had found her true love at last . |
| 7 | They were so ubiquitous that grounded bodies used as sheds will be a feature of Britain 's farmyards for decades to come . |