Example sentences of "so [adv] that [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto . |
| 2 | For a while during the 1970s these counterurban tendencies were operating so powerfully that they replaced the North-South drift as a primary dimension of regional population change in Britain ( Champion , 1983 ) . |
| 3 | But I was trembling so badly that it shook the knife out of my skin , and I could move again . |
| 4 | The earl mounted his horse and chased after it , but enjoyed the sport so much that he ordered the town butchers to supply a mad bull every year on 13 November in return for grazing rights on the meadows . |
| 5 | THERE is nothing more humiliating than loving him so much that you forgive the infidelities . |
| 6 | Melissa was on her way in a flash , but not so quickly that she missed the knowing look on Iris 's face . |
| 7 | You must never diet so quickly that you lose the muscle tissue that gives your body its shape , firmness , and definition . |
| 8 | You must never allow yourself to be crowded out , neither must you retreat so far that you overstep the area boundary . |
| 9 | She sat there , quivering as he took her in his arms , kissing her so sweetly that she thought the pain of love would tear open her heart . |
| 10 | Alvar Salvadores and his companions bestirred themselves so well that they drove the enemy to their tents , making great mortality among them , and then they turned back , whereat my Cid was well pleased ; but Alvar Salvadores went on , hacking and hewing all before him , for he thought the ladies were looking on , and he pressed forward so far , that being without succour he was taken . |
| 11 | Soon afterwards in 1838 he was appointed engineer and manager on the construction of the Box tunnel on the Great Western Railway , acquitting himself so well that he attracted the favourable notice of Isambard K. Brunel [ q.v. ] , so that on the completion of the tunnel he joined the engineering staff of the GWR . |
| 12 | He had schooled it so well that it received the implications of that entire passage of information with no expression at all . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , it all happened so fast that they cancelled the sold-out dates because they simply could n't get their work permits in time . |
| 14 | Nicolo cried out her name , then gathered her close and kissed her , holding her so tightly that she felt the thundering beat of his heart . |
| 15 | Huge stiffened but graceful garlands were hung from twenty-four tiny hooks set round the gallery parapet , and were constructed so cleverly that they gave the impression of winding around the gallery pillars . |
| 16 | Some dealers find it hilarious when clients take their investments so seriously that they investigate the OTC companies personally . |