Example sentences of "so [adj] [that] i be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The monitors alone are so loud that I am baffled as to how the crew operate without some type of semaphore system . |
| 2 | Without noticing it , while I was looking the other way , I had become old ; so old that I was an ‘ old lady ’ , known as such at the village school . |
| 3 | This proved futile , and when I decided eventually to rise , it was still so dark that I was obliged to turn on the electric light in order to shave at the sink in the corner . |
| 4 | There was no sign of a stone circle , and I began to wonder whether I was lost — and yet I was being ‘ pulled ’ so hard that I was forced to run . |
| 5 | I was so glad that I was up here when she came off stage . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , sir , it was all so quick that I 'm not really sure . |
| 7 | It took three and a half months and I was just wondering about it the whole time and I thought , ‘ Man , it 's either going to be so good that I 'm never going to want to play another guitar , or it 's going to suck . |
| 8 | When I was at school I was so good that I was n't allowed to answer the questions , but had to give the other girls a chance . ’ |
| 9 | Obviously , they were so sure that I was the right person for the job , that they needed a second opinion . |
| 10 | " You know , Dad , I 'm not so sure that I 'm cut out for what you want me to be , " he said , and sipped his coffee with a pensive expression on his face . |
| 11 | Even the Indians do n't seem so sure that I 'm not Firmin all the time and Matt 's Antonio . |
| 12 | Not only did the idea come too late , he wrote , not only did the discipline come too late , not only did the resolution of individual problems come too late , but they came so late that I was not even aware of their lateness , and so they were doubly false and doubly useless and doubly meaningless . |
| 13 | That took an hour , and made me so tired that I was able to lie down and go to sleep . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been a consumer researcher for so long that I am Consumer Correspondent always on the look-out for a new subject to investigate . ’ |
| 15 | In fact , it 's been so effortless that I 'm now wondering what else I could organise . |
| 16 | ‘ … burst upon the scene , and , do you know , he looked so angry that I was more frightened of him than I was of his grisly companion . |
| 17 | These were so extreme that I was sure some office junior had filled the form in wrongly ! |
| 18 | I 'm so stiff that I 'm afraid of slipping when I get out , and you can help me wash my hair — my arms hurt when I lift them up . ’ |
| 19 | However , I hope I am not so complacent that I am unable to acknowledge the difficulties of trying to bring about change . |
| 20 | The little round lawn with its grass path was so bitty that I was tempted to remove it altogether , and the two paved areas seemed too small to accommodate much more than a deckchair . |
| 21 | That 's why I 'm so thankful that I 'm on the reading and that I like sewing , I like walking and I 've made some very nice friends within easy walking distance , I can go out and have a coffee with them , because I , while I 'm recovering from the agony 's of from the finance |
| 22 | ‘ Let's just say there 's one man I do n't trust , but I 'm not so bigoted that I 'm a man-hater . ’ |
| 23 | Do I sound so optimistic that I 'm not always conscious of the short step between swaddling-bands and cerements ? |
| 24 | He was so thick that I was in the same form as Dan . |
| 25 | He 's so musical that I 'm sure his ability to get others to be creative must have been considerable . |
| 26 | The opposite is so limp that I 'm becoming paranoid , I 'm developing a twitch , Councillor . |
| 27 | ‘ It was so bad that I was put on crutches . |
| 28 | Uncle waited up for me and was so cross that I was really frightened . |