Example sentences of "[verb] so [adj] [that] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its efficient sights , this became so popular that it soon almost ousted the longbow ; in fact this was the last meeting at which the silver arrow was won by an archer using a longbow . |
| 2 | Whenever a West Ham player somehow broke free in the Leeds half he seemed so overawed that he just Geoff Thomased the ball . |
| 3 | By the time I turn into the little lane where I live it has become so intense that I usually slow down . |
| 4 | Indeed , he has subverted the stake-in-the-heart , garlic-and-cross myth and has become so popular that he now has his own New Orleans-based fanclub . |
| 5 | The world has become so inter-dependent that we now see IBM Japan exporting American computers built in Japan to the EC . |
| 6 | The process has become so refined that we even had a section called ‘ Oenology ’ , though it must be admitted that this eventually had to be re-named to ‘ Study of Wine . ’ |
| 7 | Fruits and vegetables , even in their raw , unprocessed state , differ so much that you certainly ca n't say that all of them are useful sources of fibre . |
| 8 | In the years which followed , some of his ships ( which belonged to the king personally ) were sold to repay his debts ; others were left so long that they eventually rotted . |
| 9 | The self-image of older people is closely linked with morale , which for many has sunk so low that they often do not wish to continue living . |
| 10 | At between 20 000 and 60 000 records , the search time becomes so slow that it no longer allows a reasonable number of requests to be handled in a working day . |
| 11 | We were all concentrating so much that I almost giggled . |
| 12 | I was feeling so tired that I just sank down on to a bench , and — ’ |
| 13 | She stared at the floor , turning pink and feeling so confused that she almost missed what Mr Hollins was saying . |