Example sentences of "so strong that he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his self-despite was so strong that he knew reviving an old flame or chasing some young actress would only aggravate it . |
| 2 | Gombert 's linear sense — and sometimes Crecquillon 's and Lupi 's was so strong that he cared nothing for the asperities of harsh suspensions or accented passing-notes , as in this passage from his motet , ‘ Ave sanctissima Maria ’ : |
| 3 | Appropriately the imminent passage of the emancipation legislation at the end of Wilberforce 's life provoked in him feelings so strong that he wrote ‘ I have not time to open the Stopper of ye jar that hardly prevents the bursting forth of my [ joyful ? ] feelings abt . |
| 4 | The memory was so strong that he lost himself in it . |
| 5 | His belief in travel for the common man was so strong that he overcame many financial difficulties to establish his business . |
| 6 | His passion , his arousal which the mere sight of her had provoked , was so strong that he wondered that she could not feel it too ; it seemed to hang , a living thing , in the air between them . |