Example sentences of "[verb] so [adj] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After ten minutes , ’ wrote J.C.Trewin , ‘ the little piece became so predictable that it needed acting of quite uncommon quality to heighten it . |
| 2 | The problem was that every time they took it over 250 mph the left wing became so heavy that it needed two hands to hold it up . |
| 3 | As he pulled away , the leaves on the trees shuddered and the rain began to fall so hard that it jumped back off the tarmac , turned to mist . |
| 4 | Lipsey appeared to have provided a theory of the determinants of money wage changes and , by integration , of the time path for the money wage rate which the economic profession found so convincing that it went virtually unchallenged for several years . |
| 5 | One seemed bolder than the others and came so close that it began to enter the realm of ordinary vision . |
| 6 | Maybe hatred could grow so strong that it became a force of its own , he thought — a real physical force . |
| 7 | There was slight muddying of some tones , and the bass end could be made so heavy that it wiped out the rest of the mix , but with some careful EQ'ing during mixdown I ended up with a result which would be more than acceptable as a demo tape . |
| 8 | But by June 1990 , the country 's economic situation had become so desperate that it had really run out of options . |
| 9 | She rose slowly , awkwardly , cursing a head that felt so heavy that it threatened to fall off her shoulders , and sat up wincing . |
| 10 | Robyn noticed every detail in a fraction of a second , registered the thought that he looked so wonderful that it did n't bear thinking about , and then she asked , with deliberate bluntness , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 11 | The snow was blinding but had blown so hard that it had not yet formed a blanket on the land . |
| 12 | And the weather outside sounded so bad that it seemed wise to stay as she was a little longer . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Startled , she looked up into Dane 's sea-blue eyes , and even as she tried to strengthen herself against him she felt a rush of longing so intense that it made her weak at the knees . |
| 15 | Eventually the tears dried up , but still she did n't move , lying there listlessly , feeling so brittle that it seemed the smallest of movements would scatter her into a thousand pieces . |