Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [pron] [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was free to go as close to the man 's music as she dared , to stare as long as she wanted , to dance on the kerb right beside him where he seemed so tall he almost blacked out the sky , and the music so overwhelming you could hear nothing else . |
| 2 | He looked over to the childlike form on his bed and felt a protective instinct so strong he almost wept . |
| 3 | He thought : You 're going to be so sorry you ever said that , you ridiculous fop , you silly tart , you piece of shit . |
| 4 | Water swilled over the harbour road but Rain was already so wet she barely noticed as she splashed her way towards the town . |
| 5 | ‘ It was so funny everyone just fell about laughing . ’ |
| 6 | He was enjoying himself so much he almost bowed . |
| 7 | Charles hated the place so much he always arranged meetings in pubs , and never took anyone there . |
| 8 | The totally unexpected mention of the Foundling Hospital , coming on top of the shock of seeing James , had shaken her so much she scarcely knew how to complete the rest of her tasks . |
| 9 | But when she swallowed , the first mouthful of crisp apple hurt her throat so much she almost cried . |
| 10 | and , I did n't so much I just thought that it happened to me |
| 11 | ‘ I was enjoying it so much I just wanted to keep going and going ’ |
| 12 | She said it so much I really thought it . |
| 13 | The recoil was so violent it almost tore the weapon from his grasp , but he was rewarded by a cry of pain from one of the enemy . |
| 14 | I 'm so relieved I only knocked her out . ’ |
| 15 | The judges were so incredulous they twice remeasured the length of the course . |
| 16 | Medical men were so unsubtle they usually jumped to conclusions like that . |
| 17 | I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was . |
| 18 | The kiss was gentle , so soft she barely felt it . |
| 19 | He felt so ill he almost vomited over the leather-bound cover . |
| 20 | While on holiday in Portugal I saw a conifer that looked so magnificent I just had to photograph it . |
| 21 | I think they 're so pretty I just had to have one , even though I knew I would n't get much use out of it . |
| 22 | She was so impressed she apparently forgot about her appointment with Mrs Major , who was waiting patiently in the Savoy powder room . |
| 23 | I felt so tired I just wanted to go to sleep . |
| 24 | I was always so tired I never wanted to go out — I felt I could never look nice , anyway . |
| 25 | What right did they have , that lot , getting you to think about how bloody life was , sitting in this poky flat with Ted always so tired he never played with Frieda or talked to herself and fell asleep straight after having it off . |
| 26 | The only part of her personal life in Hong Kong which was different was Damian Flint , and the threat he represented was so great she simply did not know how to deal with it . |
| 27 | Light was beginning to dawn on Loretta , and the relief was so great she almost laughed out loud . |
| 28 | So we did n't get very much ti time off and by the time we got back to our rooms at night we were so terribly tired you just dropped into bed . |
| 29 | So those who persistently demanded succour when they were no longer entitled to it and irritatingly pricked the conscience of the rich were particularly apt for denunciation as witches . |
| 30 | It was just , like , so beautiful I even bawled — all the way down the aisle , ’ she laughs . |