Example sentences of "[was/were] so [adj] that [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were so accurate that frequently bees were ready and waiting when the experimenters arrived to refill the sugar solution . |
| 2 | Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach . |
| 3 | With help … ’ and her whispered words were so quiet that only Creggan and Kraal heard them . |
| 4 | The deal was so simple that even Reagan could understand it . |
| 5 | The market for engines in Cornwall was so important that eventually Boulton & Watt employed a very able engineer called William Murdock who was permanently based in Cornwall supervising the erection of their engines . |
| 6 | The turn of the conversation was so unexpected that even Mr Cottle tuned in to hear the outcome . |
| 7 | The idea of the fat old cattle dealer emerging as a romantic possibility was so preposterous that even Moran smiled . |