Example sentences of "[vb past] so [adv] [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector 's hands trembled so badly that he had to rest the telescope on the shattered window sill . |
| 2 | When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me . |
| 3 | Sir Henry Bessemer suffered so badly that he designed an anti-seasick steamer whose saloon was supposed to stay on an even keel even if the ship rolled . |
| 4 | In spite of herself she stirred so sharply that he felt her astonishment recoil upon his own flesh and set him trembling . |
| 5 | Now he has time on his hands to reflect on a career which started so promisingly when he made his Worcestershire debut while still at Malvern College in 1982 , but never lived up to those aforementioned expectations simply because of injury . |
| 6 | The TV afternoons and the hours went so slow until he came back and turned the lights on . |
| 7 | But there was a living to be made in comedy which he still did so well and he got on with it . |
| 8 | His face was flushed , his eyes glinting with excitement ; he seemed to be having difficulty breathing , too , and he spoke so rapidly that he slurred his words . |
| 9 | He slept so deeply that he did not hear Mrs Dempster come in . |
| 10 | He coughed so badly that he found his way to the bathroom and took some Liquafruta cough syrup . |