Example sentences of "[to-vb] so [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Teague would also be put out if his comeback with second division Moseley were to go so well that he 's in contention for a place . |
| 2 | But Allied and neutral losses continued to mount so steeply that the Germans supposed a further five months would see Great Britain subdued . |
| 3 | Ruth 's heart began to thump so loudly that she thought he must hear it . |
| 4 | In a sense the recent pressure of work was a blessing , for it isolated her , forcing her to concentrate so intensely that she simply had no time to dig deeply into such perplexities . |
| 5 | Thomas suddenly started to shake so badly that the ice in his glass chattered . |
| 6 | She was so pleased that he was able to talk so frivolously that she hardly distinguished what he was actually saying . |
| 7 | Legally , it will be harder for anyone to do so now that the separate protocol to which we are not party provides , for those who wish it , the opportunity to introduce such legislation . |
| 8 | In subsequent correspondence Technical Division were asked to confirm that the timing of the provision of the benefit to the non-resident or non-domiciled beneficiary was irrelevant , ie that it did not matter whether the income in question was paid to him in the year of assessment in which it arose or in a subsequent year , but Technical Division refused to confirm that this was the case on the grounds that the actual circumstances of particular cases tended to vary so widely that they felt unable to answer the question without more details . |
| 9 | She was pulled upwards with startling velocity , the sensation of flying through the air causing the world to tilt so precariously that she found herself clinging to fitzAlan like a drowning woman . |
| 10 | I remind him that there are examples of states coming together — as they have done in the Common Market — but then having to co-exist so closely that they can not stand the sight of one another and begin to fall apart . |
| 11 | Before she realised it , she was in his arms again , and this time he kissed her fiercely , a long kiss that left her feeling faint and breathless , and caused her heart to beat so fast that she felt sure he must be conscious of its wild throbbing . |
| 12 | The next few seconds seemed to move so fast that none of the witnesses to it , eagles or people , could ever quite remember the sequence of events . |
| 13 | Then reality started to move so fast that by the time he caught up it was all over and they were parked on the hard shoulder . |
| 14 | This bodily preparation needs to occur so quickly that there is no time for conscious thought , the caveman does not have time to talk himself into this state of readiness . |
| 15 | Or what it is to speak so emphatically that even the phlegmatic Mrs Padmore feels obliged to underline it . |