Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] so [adj] [that] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | He also gave me whole tins of peaches in syrup ; I ate so many that eventually I broke out in a painful rash . |
2 | The rebellion of the American colonies in the eighteenth century confronted the British with an axiom which , for reasons which are capable of being understood , they found so unpleasant that more than two centuries later they have still not ceased attempting to wish it out of existence . |
3 | Anxiety is commonly intermingled with fear and takes the form of restlessness ; it is a mental anxiety and uneasiness that makes the patient toss and turn , get up and walk about , move from place to place , one position to another but they become so weak that eventually , in very serious diseases , he is prostrate even to having a deathly aspect . |
4 | He looked so downcast that even Angalo patted him on the shoulder . |
5 | Had it changed so much that even he — the cornerstone — began to doubt their course ? |