Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb past] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | He attempted to plead insanity , but did it so effectively that they concluded he must be sane . |
| 2 | But no warning could check Arthur Conway 's fury , and with a lightning leap he managed to grip the young man 's throat , and so fiercely that he forced him backwards , only the next moment to have his arms snapped downwards , when he would have fallen on his back if he had n't come up against the coalhouse wall and , unfortunately , a shovel that was propped there . |
| 3 | At that point the creditor could still refuse to have the man released from prison and insist of his being kept there , so long as he paid him a groat a day . |
| 4 | I wanted our collaboration , strange as it was , to continue for eve ; , just so long as it kept him beside me . |
| 5 | She loved him so desperately and she knew he loved her , but maybe not enough . |
| 6 | The edition for 1605 , no longer extant , was said to have foretold the Gunpowder Plot so accurately that it brought him under suspicion of complicity . |
| 7 | Ruth 's heart began to thump so loudly that she thought he must hear it . |
| 8 | Luce sat perfectly still , her eyes on his face , her heart beating so loudly that she thought he must hear . |
| 9 | He was coming so fast that she knew he had not seen her and she had to brake sharply , frowning with exasperation . |