Example sentences of "be [verb] so [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 25th , 1908 , the rails forced their way into Denwood , and those who had been waiting so long and patiently considered that the prizes were theirs at last . |
| 2 | The city council 's boundaries are drawn so tight that everywhere is within cycling distance . |
| 3 | ‘ Their lines were formed so thick and deep , ’ observed one eyewitness in Cumberland 's army , ‘ that the grapeshot made open lanes quite through them , the men dropping down by wholesale . ’ |
| 4 | At Berlin and GHQ Charleville-Mézières , the Kaiser 's appearances were becoming so infrequent that even his senior counsellors were openly expressing disapproval at his aloofness from the war . |
| 5 | Something which could interest her without being thought so eccentric or so socially damaging that it would upset her mother . |
| 6 | The means test is now being set so low that only people who are unemployed or have incomes near benefit levels will be able to obtain free legal help . |
| 7 | Some of the holes even we could n't reach in two on the par-4s , they were playing so hard and long . |
| 8 | And he , for his part , was feeling so euphoric that instead of shouting to his son to get up and stir his stumps , he had actually gone in there and put the envelope on Adam 's bedside table . |