Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a clear example of the third basic kind of doubt , a kind so common that it qualifies as the twentieth-century doubt par excellence . |
| 2 | There was even a small river tumbling over the edge in a waterfall so wind-whipped that it reached the ground as rain . |
| 3 | She spoke with an accent so soft that it sounded as if an h was attached to each consonant . |
| 4 | In the naked fear of falling in a space so huge that she did not know whether she was falling up or down , inward or outward , she met a fear so great that it burned away forever all the other fears . |
| 5 | It was a backwards memory of an event in his future so terrifying that it had generated harmonics of fear all the way along his lifeline ) . |
| 6 | It was as if I suffered from an optical illusion so strong that it consumed my other senses . |
| 7 | I hit my pillow so hard that it has looked reproachful ever since . ) |
| 8 | The matches are made of a wood so flimsy that it reminds me of the balsa with which I tried , unsuccessfully , to build model aeroplanes . |
| 9 | When she switched on the light the little room exploded into a brightness so extreme that it hurt his eyeballs . |
| 10 | A physical longing so strong that it seemed her very survival must be linked to it . |
| 11 | The realisation left him with a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him . |
| 12 | Includes the classic mod ‘ floater ’ ‘ I 'm So Thankful ’ , a record so cool that it makes Inspector Morse look like The Bill . |
| 13 | Wild with fear , Constance opened her mouth and bit his nose so hard that it hurt her teeth . |
| 14 | Lenny Campion gripped the Bakelite microphone so hard that it began to hurt his hand . |
| 15 | His abuse beat in her face like rain so heavy that it forced shut her eyes . |
| 16 | Once , they exploded with a sound so terrifying that it brought all of us below instantly out on to the rain-drenched deck . |
| 17 | How could she tell this impossible Dane that for some wild , unaccountable moment the previous evening , when his mouth had joined with hers , she 'd imagined they shared a mutual attraction so powerful that it had overridden any man-made measurement of time or propriety ? |
| 18 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 19 | She set down his drink so hard that it sloshed out of the glass . |
| 20 | He is also in charge of an economy so large that it makes a real difference to world trade and to British economic fortunes in particular . |
| 21 | For there was about her cage a silence and stillness so great that it seemed as if she had disappeared . |
| 22 | Before a generally topless audience and a modestly genitalia-flaunting panel , the matter was explored with a seriousness so profound that it became unconsciously hilarious . |
| 23 | Is the ultimate unified theory so compelling that it brings about its own existence ? |
| 24 | Suppose that within the five-year term the Government were defeated in the Commons on a topic so important that it regarded it as a matter of confidence in itself . |
| 25 | It was a movement so subtle that it seemed to occur from the corner of her eye . |
| 26 | Assure you , my good liege , I hold my duty as I hold my soul , Both to my God and to my gracious King ; And I do think , or else this brain of mine Hunts not the trail of policy so sure As it hath used to do , that I have found The very cause of Hamlet 's lunacy … |
| 27 | Carrying to the block a lump so heavy that it made his shoulders ache , he jerked his head towards the end of the stables and asked , panting : ‘ What 's down there ? ’ |
| 28 | There was anger in his voice , and a love so desperate that it smothered her . |
| 29 | Luke said softly , his voice so deep that it seemed to run along her nerves and play a tune like a violin . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got work to do , ’ she said in a voice so brittle that it threatened to crack completely . |