Example sentences of "so [adj] that i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The American legal system is so odd that I 've been told I could get Tristram deported in my custody . |
| 2 | The resulting chaos was so memorable that I 've never dared take a holiday during a conference again ! |
| 3 | Although the piece is set in the ‘ Roaring ‘ 20's ’ , Cy Coleman 's music rarely goes into period style , but instead exploits a cod-operatic vein , going from Puccini to Piaf , with winks and nods in all directions , and superbly served by Madeline Kahn , who has the voice of a sarcastic diva and a vocal presence so strong that I felt I could see her . |
| 4 | The bat flitted so low that I saw its silhouette for a brief moment against the Milky Way . |
| 5 | Afterwards I would feel so guilty that I tried to make myself sick but actually , it never worked . |
| 6 | Liz has always taken a great deal of interest in make-up and admits to being ‘ so vain that I wear Revlon 's Aqualash waterproof mascara when diving ’ . |
| 7 | I became lively , hard-working , and so well-organised that I found inefficiency in others deplorable . |
| 8 | When I got indoors I was still so upset that I tore off the frock , ripping a sleeve in the process , but I did n't care ; I was so angry . |
| 9 | But cyclists have no alternative but the A2 , a road so awful that I have heard of tourists giving up at Canterbury , fearing that the rest of Britain is just as bad ( which on trunk routes , it is ! ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone . |
| 11 | Then I saw Mr Shepherd — and he looked so — so strange that I kissed him too . ’ |
| 12 | Stok joined in the last three words as I said them , and then he laughed So loud that I thought he would shake some of the cracked tiles off the wall . |
| 13 | He seemed so weak that I wondered how long he would live . |
| 14 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 15 | Its complete lack of any taste was so nauseating that I spat it out and decided to eat the rest of the bread by itself I was finishing this when there was the sound of boots in the passage again . |
| 16 | The long grass was so wet that I decided to admire the castle from afar . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're so slim that I thought you might be one of those women who are on a perpetual diet , and I dislike intensely dining with someone who eats like a sparrow . ’ |
| 18 | I would like to be away from here , I am not too old for new surroundings , not so old that I feel dread and insecurity in the prospect of a change . |
| 19 | Some of the poems in the present book , only his second , are so old that I seem to remember some of them from another world . |
| 20 | The scene was so exciting that I failed to sympathise with my grey-faced guest who returned with tales of third world conditions in the gents . |
| 21 | It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind . |
| 22 | Being so disorganised that I do n't have time when friends need me . |
| 23 | The room , and the view , and the two people , seemed so calm that I did not want to disturb them . |
| 24 | One day , in one of these tiny streets , with shops on either side and with stalls of street vendors in front of them , the way was so crowded that I got to a place where it was impossible to move . |
| 25 | This apparently was so serious that I had a sudden joyous hallucination . |
| 26 | In my mind it was so real that I spent several hours on this description . |
| 27 | These women seem so real that I feel sure that they were based , at least in part , on women that Anthony Trollope knew . |
| 28 | I was so relieved that I began to weep tears of joy but Liza was not similarly affected . |
| 29 | When I was released , I was so relieved that I swore I would lead a normal life — no more endless walks . |
| 30 | This use of dots with slurs is so consistent that I have not found a single instance where in this combination the dots were not clearly identifiable as such . |