Example sentences of "so [adv] [that] it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet she had timed her appearance so exactly that it seemed as if she had been forewarned of the train 's arrival . |
| 2 | The Scottish Seamen 's Union , originally claimed to have 1,000 members , lost support so rapidly that it survived for no more than two months . |
| 3 | The prince was seated , not in his chair of state , but between two of his clerks at a trestle table , with a quantity of papers and parchments spread before them ; and his treasurer stood at his shoulder , ready to advise if requested , but looking on so impartially that it seemed to her he had already done his share . |
| 4 | On 19 June 1841 the spire of St Michael 's was struck by lightning so severely that it had to be taken down and rebuilt at a cost of £84 , paid for by the Buxtons . |
| 5 | The blue component of incoming solar radiation is scattered so severely that it appears to our eyes to be coming from the entire sky . |
| 6 | The trick is to push a dispute just far enough to make your opponent cave in for fear of a court action , but not so far that it goes to court . |
| 7 | He hit a huge drive which rolled so far that it ended in deep rough . |
| 8 | It looked very attractive until it was washed , when it stretched so appallingly that it reached to her knees ! |
| 9 | The door was smashed in so often that it had to be bricked up . |
| 10 | Third at the last fence , he passed Royal Mail and with just over a furlong to go was finishing so strongly that it looked as if he must catch Aldaniti . |
| 11 | It was very quiet in the kitchen except for the clock in the corner that ticked so loudly that it sounded as if it would burst out of its case . |
| 12 | And summed up so well that it came to far more |
| 13 | Prisoners passed through the place so fast that it ceased to be a camp in the true sense altogether . |