Example sentences of "[was/were] so [adj] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The success was so great or the rivalry of the wealthy families so keen that during the next four years three more opera-houses were opened : the Teatro dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the San Moisè , and the Teatro Novissimo . |
| 2 | The simile was so striking and no doubt so apt , and one that was so delightfully Eliotish , that I could not take offence , though a critical word from that quarter could deal a heavy blow to one 's morale . |
| 3 | and it was and you could n't get near it because the heat of the fire was so strong and the smell of the of the smoke was overpow you literally could n't get near it and everyone had to come away . |
| 4 | By the third morning , however , I was so weak and the pain so unbearable that they had little difficulty in taking me up to the theatre and performing the necessary operation . |
| 5 | The noise was so loud and the light so bright that he sat still as a stone . |
| 6 | The timing of the RPF 's creation was so unpropitious and the concept of a Gaullist " party " so problematic even to de Gaulle that one must assume that he felt that he had no real choice . |
| 7 | Dorothea shook her head , angry with herself , for everyone expected her , rushed to help her , everyone , truly , was so kind and the Rector relied upon her industry . |
| 8 | It was maybe because in their early days The Smiths were so simple sound-wise , the guitar was so thin and the sound was fairly quiet and you could hear these intricate little lines which were really pretty to the ear . |
| 9 | She did n't much rate her chances of getting hold of the key to Charlie 's desk , but the desk itself was so old and the drawer appeared to be so ill-fitting that a touch of leverage might just spring it open . |
| 10 | People were so kind and friendly , the atmosphere was so different and the weather , well , that was unreal . |
| 11 | but there used to be a caravan down here , I 'm not joking the value of stuff that was in it , was unbelievable and it was so clean and every thing had a place and it was all mirrored inside , cos he liked the mirrors and , or glass work , oh it was beautiful |