Example sentences of "[vb past] so [adj] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When this process was repeated several times the particles of the starting material became so small that the total surface area available for reaction was very great .
2 But the winds became so fierce that the whole forest shook .
3 I never heard so much as a malicious word or imputation .
4 His leg swung so close that the smooth black cloth brushed against her breast , setting the nerve-endings tantalisingly on edge .
5 In 1798 , General Humbert of France came over and won a battle near there , but he took so long that the nearby towns had time to refortify .
6 Waterers Landscaping became involved in the project in September and proved so popular that the original £150,000 contract grew and grew .
7 The sand proved so soft that the overloaded lorries repeatedly bogged down .
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