Example sentences of "[was/were] so [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach .
2 With help … ’ and her whispered words were so quiet that only Creggan and Kraal heard them .
3 The deal was so simple that even Reagan could understand it .
4 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 .
5 The turn of the conversation was so unexpected that even Mr Cottle tuned in to hear the outcome .
6 The idea of the fat old cattle dealer emerging as a romantic possibility was so preposterous that even Moran smiled .
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