Example sentences of "so [adv] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the reasons he was able to run his brothel so successfully was because he was homosexual , and therefore had no interest in the stock . |
| 2 | So badly was he affected that he had to be taught to speak again . |
| 3 | I later realized that the reason I always did so badly was I just could n't see the blackboard because I was so short-sighted . |
| 4 | If overtime was indeed needed , so perhaps was work-sharing , a modern idea which tries to spread the dignity of jobs around . |
| 5 | So thickly was the snow falling that I knew they could only just have been made , probably within the past five minutes . |
| 6 | He had almost bawled at her ; in fact , so loud was his voice that he turned instinctively , feeling he must have been overheard , and looked towards the two gates which had ‘ The Grange ’ easily discernible as part of the wrought iron . |
| 7 | The boy who had carried our bags up to our room so eagerly was of course a boatman . |
| 8 | When boys were given legitimate authority to exercise at last , so eagerly was it anticipated that they were prone to feel it intensely deserved . |
| 9 | They saw it as an attack on feminine intelligence , it so obviously was n't and the argument is , by now , nothing but hearsay . |
| 10 | The reason why these had survived so long was because they required the most money spent on them — in the case of valley bottoms , to pay for initial drainage and then to maintain it — to make them yield their full potential of arable and pasture . |
| 11 | Something inside that empty bottle that I had ignored for so long was hitting back . |
| 12 | Indeed , so long was their duration on Earth that those species which became extinct at the end were quite unlike those evolving from the reptiles in the early Triassic . |
| 13 | From some depth of courage and purpose she who had been silent so long was finding the will to speak at last . |
| 14 | He was delighted , of course , that the objective he and his colleagues had worked towards for so long was finally approaching , but it was disheartening to see such damage and disruption being inflicted on what was , after all , his home . |
| 15 | The letters they exchanged were formal , just words on a piece of paper ; the warmth they had all shared for so long was missing . |
| 16 | She tried to control herself , but the will which had driven her for so long was broken , whether forever , or temporarily , she did not know . |
| 17 | Everything was out in the open now and the dream she had had for so long was about to turn into reality . |
| 18 | They revelled in charismatic experiences of the Spirit , so richly was their community endowed with tongues , miraculous healings and prophecy . |
| 19 | To experience singing quite so soon was the nicest sort of welcome . |
| 20 | Getting the newcomer to the Broken Drum so easily was a stroke of luck , no doubt of it , and Ymor would probably reward him . |
| 21 | That he could let her go so easily was the final damning proof that his interest in her had been prompted by solely mercenary considerations . |
| 22 | That he let her go , and that she was free of him so easily was a great relief , but she was shaken from the unwanted experience , and as he swiftly went on his way she turned round — but only to collide with someone else . |
| 23 | One of the reasons I managed to improve so quickly was that I practised in flat water with a steady wind . |
| 24 | She had to admit , however , that the main reason that she had phoned the Symses and answered their appeal so promptly was that it took her out of the house , and away from the strain of being with Mark in public while the incident of the night before still divided them . |
| 25 | For many people the saddest aspect was the selectors ' policy of playing Randall at number three ; every fan in the country could have told them that he should have batted down the order and that exposing him so early was almost certain to fail . |
| 26 | What I was really doing , up there in my private darkness , while below he played my mother 's old jazz records and new ones he 'd bought , why I really went so early was to have longer imagining him into his father . |
| 27 | So deeply was the fish hooked that a passing ‘ aquarium owner Chris Batt of Chris ’ Silent World Aquarium rescued it from the angler and took it to a vet , Nigel Gregory , in Haverfordwest . |
| 28 | Mr O'Hara was now at Ellie 's side , having arrived unnoticed , so deeply was Ellie involved . |
| 29 | Indeed , putting together such a wide reaching programme so rapidly was only possible because of the high degree of inter-agency co-operation and commitment by local politicians , officers and professionals . |
| 30 | So yesterday was absolute agony . |