Example sentences of "[noun sg] so tightly [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She plaited her hair so tightly that it hurt her , straining hair and flesh until it felt as though the white seam down the back of her head might split and the brains gush out . |
| 2 | And their mother had screwed up the tube of toothpaste so tightly that the lid would n't budge . |
| 3 | She darted over to embrace Dot so tightly that she could n't breathe . |
| 4 | She could only nod mutely , her hands gripping each other so tightly that her fingers went numb . |
| 5 | Damian 's deep voice drawled , and Rachel suddenly realised she was clutching her glass so tightly that the stem might have cracked . |
| 6 | She imagined the telephone tone bleeping out in the iron-grey sitting-room overlooking the Thames , her fist gripping the receiver so tightly that her knuckles were white . |
| 7 | Elaine was gripping Francis 's hand so tightly that he yelped . |
| 8 | Dominic Wetherby 's right hand was clutching a packet of cheese so tightly that it was impossible to prise it out of the dead grip . |
| 9 | She was gripping the tiller arm so tightly that the blood had been driven out of her knuckles . |
| 10 | He plunged down , swung wildly , and ended up dangling over a bone-splintering death with his hands gripping the dragonlord 's arm so tightly that the man screamed . |
| 11 | Suddenly his hand moved , fastening around one slender wrist so tightly that Isabel 's bones cracked . |