Example sentences of "[was/were] so [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her dreams were so vivid while the poem shimmered on her desk — signed , sealed , undelivered — that she had to catch herself from grabbing Lucy 's hands , kissing her right out in the street , holding her close at the end of each day , saying , come home , darling ; grabbing her and flinging her to the floor , ripping her clothes off , sinking into her breasts , fucking her like a sheet of flame . |
| 2 | The five minutes were almost up , and she would n't put it past Lori to leave if she was so much as a second late . |
| 3 | We had to pay a $300 cash deposit , refundable on delivery , or entirely lost if there was so much as a cigarette burn in the carpet . |
| 4 | The stench of decomposing material was so great when the pie was cut that people were endangered as they fell on top of each other in their haste to get away . |
| 5 | ‘ I took a kick on the side of the knee and it was so unnecessary because the ball was two or three yards away . |
| 6 | I was so lucky because the bike cleared hedges and fencing . ’ |