Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] [that] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The area was so poor that even the dead rats in the street looked as though they had died of hunger . |
| 2 | And everything about her , her long nightdress and the mist she was held in , was so golden-red that even the dark gold skin of her lovely face had a reddish tinge to it . |
| 3 | The security at the Palace was so tight that even the band 's ersatz manager , Scott Piering , could not gain admittance for his close acquaintances . |
| 4 | The food was so hard that even the small denizens of the forest had left it alone . |
| 5 | His good humour was so infectious that even the fräulein managed a wan smile . |
| 6 | I was deeply disappointed that neither the hon. Member for Tooting , in a 40-minute speech , nor the hon. Member for Hammersmith , except in an intervention , found it possible to acknowledge the contribution made by housing associations . |
| 7 | It was also apparent that both the SM2 and visceral-specific MHC isoforms were poorly represented in the rabbit uterus cDNA library , probably reflecting the fact that the ratio of SM1:SM2 in rabbit uterus is approximately 80:20 . |