Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] [noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relationship between producer and star was so strong that Ken would reveal incidents that most people would keep to themselves . |
| 2 | Harold wants Northumbria for the Godwin family , not an inflated Siward or a Scotia so weak that Norway could step in and settle there . ’ |
| 3 | Hoey claims the SAS watch on the royals is so rigorous that Di must alert them every time she wants to move a piece of furniture or a even a painting at Highgrove or Kensington Palace . |
| 4 | Even in summer , when the grounds and gardens were so warm that Frankie could lie stark naked in the long grass , the house was dark and uncomfortably cold , especially on the big stairs . |
| 5 | There was the weighted velvet curtain that had once hung in the Star Theatre , now fixed to a huge rod with rings so large that Frankie could slip them over his arms like bangles . |
| 6 | She 'd been so sure that Marianne would waste no time in spreading her poison — now she did n't know how to start explaining her disappearance . |
| 7 | It seemed unlikely that anyone so competent as Dora would make such an elementary mistake , but under that fierce gaze Melissa felt bound to make some suggestion , however implausible . |
| 8 | It was so hot that Perdita would have liked to have worn shorts or a dress , but her mosquito bites had come up in huge red bumps and were oozing and itching like mad , so she settled for her pale pink jeans and a dark blue shirt . |
| 9 | The china was so thin that Dougal could see the level of the tea swaying as she stirred it . |
| 10 | Perhaps all that makes it easier to understand why Orwell was so anxious that Waugh should read his books : anxious enough to send him copies , though to a stranger . |
| 11 | His grey moustache bristled ; he was so close that Loretta could make out the individual hairs . |
| 12 | He was so close that Polly could feel his body warmth and smell the soap he had used that morning . |
| 13 | A camera on the far side moved , swung in to stare at Michael Bridges , sitting on George 's right , and came so close that George could see inside its Cyclops eye to the movement of the focusing mechanism . |