Example sentences of "so [adj] that [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 2 | ‘ It was so strong that they hit my March 1994 revenue estimate . ’ |
| 3 | Gombert 's linear sense — and sometimes Crecquillon 's and Lupi 's was so strong that he cared nothing for the asperities of harsh suspensions or accented passing-notes , as in this passage from his motet , ‘ Ave sanctissima Maria ’ : |
| 4 | The memory was so strong that he lost himself in it . |
| 5 | Her own awareness of him was so strong that she felt she could have tracked him anywhere , just by the dizzying sensation of his presence . |
| 6 | She was going out with a friend of mine , but she came on so strong that she frightened him off . |
| 7 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 8 | It was as if I suffered from an optical illusion so strong that it consumed my other senses . |
| 9 | A physical longing so strong that it seemed her very survival must be linked to it . |
| 10 | There was no flat black Córdoba hat , but it was the same man and Maggie felt an almost bitter rush of disappointment , so strong that it took her by surprise . |
| 11 | As it was , confidence was so low that nobody fancied it . |
| 12 | The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way . |
| 13 | Shields , of Carnac Crescent , Inverness , was said to have felt so guilty that he gave himself up to police after selling some of the haul to pay for drink . |
| 14 | But the assistant on the show got so pissed that she put her head on his lap , after which he got up and walked off in the middle of the programme . ’ |
| 15 | His eyes were so alive that she felt she was looking straight into the source of his pleasure — he was the sort of man who thrived on challenge and went out to meet it head-on . |
| 16 | ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone . |
| 17 | Then I saw Mr Shepherd — and he looked so — so strange that I kissed him too . ’ |
| 18 | The music they played gradually grew familiar to Alice ; it was music for the violin , the famous Violin Concerto , and it sounded very strange on the flute and guitar , so strange that it took her a moment or two to recognize it . |
| 19 | Stok joined in the last three words as I said them , and then he laughed So loud that I thought he would shake some of the cracked tiles off the wall . |
| 20 | Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 22 | The district had changed since he last lived here , but he was not so old that he resented it . |
| 23 | She was so transparent that there seemed nothing but clear skin between what she felt and what she said . |
| 24 | Sometimes she was so funny that it seemed she ought to be given a show of her own . |
| 25 | The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise . |
| 26 | It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind . |
| 27 | the sky was high , the air so clear that he imagined he could see to the ends of the earth . |
| 28 | How persuasive the propaganda was is clear from the Latin war poems which even monks were then composing : some of these items were so popular that they found their way into school books for reading and glossing . |
| 29 | Ironically the price of sterling went up so high that it made it very difficult for us to sell our other manufactured goods and many people are now of the belief that because of the North Sea oil price rises , this had an adverse affect on our economy , making it more difficult for us to sell manufacturing goods because the pound was very strong against other currencies . |
| 30 | When I was released , I was so relieved that I swore I would lead a normal life — no more endless walks . |