Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] they had [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They walked along corridors so narrow that they had to turn sideways , and through corridors as wide as barns . |
| 2 | ‘ Very overrated , ’ he kept saying , and soon they were laughing so much that they had to put their heads beneath the blankets to stifle the noise , in case the farmer and his wife wondered at their hilarity . |
| 3 | They were so poor that they had to grind up the bark of trees to make flour for their bread . |
| 4 | The priests in Jerusalem were so numerous that they had to take turns in performing Temple ceremonies . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm told the front rows in the Moore tragedy were so close that they had to bend at the waist to get in ’ , said Akpata . |