Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] be so [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I then slightly rocked the chair and my fingers were so badly crushed that , a few weeks later , my blackened finger nails fell out . |
| 2 | I was surprised that my failure to get an audience for my paintings was so quickly overcome by the act of writing about them . |
| 3 | I was delighted to take over with the CIT in the UK in such good heart , locally and nationally , thanks to the initiatives set up by my predecessors being so well supported by the Uk Board , as well as Section Chairman and their committees . |
| 4 | Her ears are so finely tuned to this that she can pick out a prospective mate 's voice from a cacophony of croaks . |
| 5 | The stone hit her square on the flank and she yelped , but their genitals were so tightly locked together that neither dog could move . |
| 6 | Although we only hear fragments of the storm , the music has such presence , and its elements are so cunningly chosen , that we can quite well imagine that the rondo form of the interlude is itself continuing outside in the darkness . |
| 7 | The writer uses many of the cons of the genre ; red and blue plumed knights , pale maidens in dark castles , full moons in star-washed skies , but her descriptions are so finely wrought that they transcend the fantasy formula . |
| 8 | Nurse smelt of toothpaste and disinfectant , and crackled when she moved because her clothes were so stiffly starched . |
| 9 | He told me that , at that time , his anxieties were so deeply felt that he sought the advice of his doctor . |
| 10 | Mr Harding says his clocks are so well made that even those great timepiece makers the Swiss import them . |
| 11 | So far my enquiries have drawn a blank , your tracks are so well covered . |
| 12 | But our affairs are so surprisingly situated that none knows , yet , whether it will be war or peace . |