Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [that] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were so shocked that for a while I was convinced they would go away and not only cancel our betrothal but probably the wedding between Boz and Alamena as well . ’ |
| 2 | Yet investors were so shocked that in a day they knocked $13.4 billion off the value of the company . |
| 3 | The international banking community was so nervous that for a while no forward foreign exchange markets operated properly anywhere . |
| 4 | The ceiling was so low that with a jump Matilda could nearly touch it with her finger-tips . |
| 5 | At an early age he was apprenticed to the lace trade in Nottingham , but in about 1820 moved to Chard in Somerset , a centre of lace-making , and was so successful that within a few years he had established his own business as a manufacturer of bobbins and bobbin carriages . |
| 6 | But the vista that opened before them was so fantastic that for a few moments she almost forgot to be afraid . |
| 7 | He was so astonished that for a few seconds he stood where he was and when he did turn round he could see the top of the wall , the delicate pattern of wire mesh against the sky , and hear running footsteps . |
| 8 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
| 9 | The memory was so vivid that for a second she thought she heard the echo of the slam . |
| 10 | The dust was so thick that for a moment he could not see . |