Example sentences of "[adv] they [be] [adv] [adj] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they were pleasantly surprised that sales of Impressionist and ‘ modern ’ art were near the top end of the houses ' estimates , even if ‘ contemporary ’ art foundered . |
| 2 | By 3 p.m. , the explosions were so loud that they were audible 240 kilometres away ; by 5 p.m. they were so stupendous that the sound was carrying all over Java . |
| 3 | But now they were so bad that he did the unthinkable . |
| 4 | These new compounds were often specific for a particular kind of leukaemia , and sometimes they were so effective that remissions appeared to be permanent . |
| 5 | Sometimes they were so hot that they burned the soles of our shoes . |