Example sentences of "[adv prt] so [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 2 | The prince was seated , not in his chair of state , but between two of his clerks at a trestle table , with a quantity of papers and parchments spread before them ; and his treasurer stood at his shoulder , ready to advise if requested , but looking on so impartially that it seemed to her he had already done his share . |
| 3 | Secondly , if the joke is so successful that it gets a lot of laughter you do not want to rush on so fast that your next words can not be heard . |
| 4 | Theda had shoved it on so hastily that she must have carelessly left a little hair visible . |
| 5 | He was ill — except that how many diseases came on so quickly that a man could send you flowers in the morning and by dinner be incapable of lifting the telephone ? |
| 6 | Her blood seemed to have turned into heavy oil in her body , and something was dragging her down so ruthlessly that she let herself fall into the harsh carpet of pebbles . |
| 7 | They admit that they get pissed off with bad gigs , not getting enough sleep and tour vans breaking down so often that they end up ‘ losing it ’ and crawling over the banks of motorways looking for crisp packets . |
| 8 | The snow was driving down so thickly that the windscreen-wiper could n't keep the glass free of it . |
| 9 | They are found more frequently in recent archaeological assemblages , for instance from Neolithic deposits in Orkney ( Armour-Chelu , 1988 ) and Bronze age deposits in the Somerset Levels ( Girling , 1977 ) , but usually the pellets break down so quickly that they are not preserved . |
| 10 | However , if the rattle slips down so far that it is no longer visible , the infant will at once lose interest and behave as if the rattle had also slipped out of existence . |
| 11 | Then they all saw that the royal lance , which had stood upright at the door of the tent , had been flung down so violently that its point had pierced the breast-plate of his piled armour ; and the shaft of the lance was twisted and discoloured , all the armour dinted , and the royal pennant charred as if it had been burned . |
| 12 | Baptiste felt her stumble and slowed down so abruptly that she ran into him , grabbed at him to keep her balance . |
| 13 | The bland Norwegian dropped it in so casually that Carrington made something of an idiot of himself . |
| 14 | The move took place in early December and we settled in so quickly that it is difficult to believe we have been in our new offices for less than a year . |
| 15 | In some places metal sinks and is covered over so quickly that even Victorian losses can be out of range ; at the other end of the scale I found a 14th century key in a wood , that came up from a depth of only 2 inches . |
| 16 | Mercedes-Benz , which originally developed airbag technology and which fits the US size bag as standard to all its products in the UK , argues that even if the full size bag is triggered accidentally , the inflation and deflation cycle is over so quickly that the driver does not lose control . |
| 17 | The flow advances in a manner similar to that of pahoehoe flows on dry land , and the pillows are budded off so quietly that the cameramen were able to swim up to within less than a metre of the swelling pillows . |
| 18 | Then it went straight up so fast that it was just a blur and jerked to a halt high over the crowd . |
| 19 | Then his mother had married again , to a PT Instructor who beat Luke up so badly that a court ruled he should go and live with Bart full time . |
| 20 | A boxer before the war , Charles Nungesser had been smashed up so badly that by the time of Verdun he had to be lifted bodily into the cockpit and could only use one leg on the rudder controls . |
| 21 | And summed up so well that it came to far more |
| 22 | And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword . |
| 23 | George stood up so sharply that his swivel chair swung half around . |
| 24 | South Africa press up so quickly that you must kick the ball more often to turn them . |
| 25 | Around them grew up short streets of cottages for the workpeople , run up so quickly that they look as though they were planted flat on the surface , without any foundations ; but still there was no congestion . |
| 26 | When disturbed they roll up so tightly that it is virtually impossible to unroll them . |
| 27 | When Grainne slipped silently into his room , desire blazed up so uncontrollably that the banked-down emotions of a lifetime were swept aside , and he knew he would take her fiercely and violently . |
| 28 | This came out so comically that they both began to laugh together , Neil putting his book down , and McAllister whooping into the apron which she had thrown over her head at his last sally , as though she were truly the skivvy she pretended to be . |
| 29 | Inside the car the sounds of Technotronic screamed out so loudly that they could hardly hear themselves think . |
| 30 | Said Mademoiselle , and you make this fuss and call out so loudly that we all jump in fear . |