Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adv] [that] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She plaited her hair so tightly that it hurt her , straining hair and flesh until it felt as though the white seam down the back of her head might split and the brains gush out . |
| 2 | For fear of losing one or two sales of its obsolete mainframes , IBM designed the RT so badly that it had to junk the machine completely and start again from scratch to create the ( incompatible ) RS/6000 . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , Jamie , see this ! ’ she said , and she began to wind the wool so fast that it tangled up in a big knot and the ball bounced right out of her hand and rolled underneath Grandma 's chair . |
| 4 | The world , apparently , did not feel its shame so strongly that it moved its hand to its wallet . |
| 5 | Yet she had timed her appearance so exactly that it seemed as if she had been forewarned of the train 's arrival . |
| 6 | Prisoners passed through the place so fast that it ceased to be a camp in the true sense altogether . |
| 7 | She shook her head so violently that it hurt her neck . |
| 8 | The dish should fit the meat so well that it does n't take too much liquid to just cover the meat . |
| 9 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 10 | The first time was during the 1930s , when the court first read the commerce clause of the constitution so narrowly that it gutted much New Deal legislation , and then suddenly reversed itself . |
| 11 | On 19 June 1841 the spire of St Michael 's was struck by lightning so severely that it had to be taken down and rebuilt at a cost of £84 , paid for by the Buxtons . |
| 12 | Yet ITV regards its competition so seriously that it refuses even to allow Sky the traditional news access to its exclusive sponsored events or permit the EBU to pass on its pictures from events such as athletics ' European Cup . |
| 13 | Some archer fish are able to line up their prey so precisely that it falls directly into the water below , and within easy reach of the fish , instead of being knocked inconveniently into the distance . |
| 14 | Indeed , Jarrolds took the bargain bookshop business last year so seriously that it decided to join in . |