Example sentences of "so [adj] that [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceiling was so low that with a jump Matilda could nearly touch it with her finger-tips . |
| 2 | The international banking community was so nervous that for a while no forward foreign exchange markets operated properly anywhere . |
| 3 | I think of you so hard that after a while I can almost feel you kissing me . |
| 4 | He looked so contrite that for a moment she was in danger of actually believing him , until common sense came to her aid . |
| 5 | They were so shocked that for a while I was convinced they would go away and not only cancel our betrothal but probably the wedding between Boz and Alamena as well . ’ |
| 6 | Yet investors were so shocked that in a day they knocked $13.4 billion off the value of the company . |
| 7 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
| 8 | The dust was so thick that for a moment he could not see . |
| 9 | The image experienced in a flash of gold , a flush of warmth to her face , was so vivid that for a second she hesitated at the kitchen door as if disorientated . |
| 10 | The memory was so vivid that for a second she thought she heard the echo of the slam . |