Example sentences of "so [verb] that i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The performances on this new disc are first-rate ; indeed they are so polished that I found myself occasionally longing for something with a little more humanity and which more faithfully reflected what were in all probability the more rough-and-ready sounds of the Kürbs-Hütte clientele .
2 ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’
3 It is exactly the sort of corkscrew I always use but the room was so dark and I so flurried that I drove it in sideways and broke the cork .
4 It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend .
5 I worked hard all week and so felt that I deserved them , I suppose .
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