Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] so [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he did n't have time now for self-reproach , nor to wonder why Isabel 's seeming betrayal had cut so deeply that he had instantly thought the worst of her , had immediately accepted Matilda 's word though he 'd known how vindictive and spiteful the woman could be . |
| 2 | Yet the boy had insinuated so knowingly that the Commander had begun to wonder if perhaps he suffered from lapses of memory . |
| 3 | Their last meeting had ended so unpleasantly that it was difficult to change course suddenly . |
| 4 | But the pendulum had swung so far that some return to less than enthusiasm was inevitable . |
| 5 | His illness had advanced so rapidly that he was unable to move outside his Beith home to give evidence . |
| 6 | Albert had spoken so calmly that it made her calm too . |
| 7 | The responsibility had lain so heavily that it took some time to readjust . |
| 8 | His backsliding into sloth had happened so slowly that he had n't been aware of it . |
| 9 | The converter had worked so effectively that he suffered only mild carbon monoxide poisoning . |
| 10 | By the end of the evening he described his voice as being in the most distressing condition , the problem had returned so acutely that he was hardly able to speak . |
| 11 | The time had passed so quickly that she had n't realised how late it was , or that the daylight had faded to dusk . |
| 12 | Before he could get to the specimen , its entrails had decomposed so badly that they had to be thrown away , so it was a gutted specimen that he eventually saw . |