Example sentences of "[v-ing] so [det] that [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was coughing so much that he made himself sick . |
| 2 | ‘ Very overrated , ’ he kept saying , and soon they were laughing so much that they had to put their heads beneath the blankets to stifle the noise , in case the farmer and his wife wondered at their hilarity . |
| 3 | His toes were aching so much that he went upstairs very slowly , walking flat-footed to avoid bending his tingling ankles . |
| 4 | But he would n't , and redoubled his efforts with her hand , using it as his instrument until she hated what he was doing so much that she shook her head on the pillow and whispered , " No — please — no ! " |
| 5 | She was shaking so much that everything seemed blurred , merged together . |
| 6 | I was shaking so much that I had to lift the kettle with two hands when I staggered down the yard . |
| 7 | The next morning , although he felt better , his hands were shaking so much that I refused to let him shave with a safety razor and told him that a friend was bringing his own electric shaver to lend him . |
| 8 | Her hands were shaking so much that she kept dropping things on the floor . |