Example sentences of "[was/were] so [adj] that we [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
| 2 | In fact at one time before the Pakistan-Bangladesh war there were so many that we called this form of depression Pakistani Syndrome . |
| 3 | Julian Rivers , marketing director of Dillons , said : ‘ We have supported Childline in the past and were so impressed that we wanted to help again . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ That , of course , is why you were so anxious that we pinpoint the spot where the Delos went down . |
| 5 | After getting the flying bag and doing all the planning and paying Operations , we were so hungry that we had to go and eat at what turned out to be an excellent restaurant where all the airport employees go as well as the passengers . |
| 6 | But they were so good-natured that we forgave all . |
| 7 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 8 | The producer , Sarah D Wilson comments … ‘ the public and press reaction was so strong that we developed another seven programmes to conclude the story . |
| 9 | Everything was so sudden that we did n't know what to do , whether to stay where we were or to run . |
| 10 | The weather was so bad that we had to chip ice off the upper-deck almost round the clock . |
| 11 | It was so wonderful that we had a secret to seal our relationship . |
| 12 | One house was so unusual that we stopped and walked around it . |