Example sentences of "[verb] so [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | But soon the consciousness of security became so ingrained that we lost all temptation to enquire about the nature of work with which we were not immediately concerned . |
| 2 | During the third century synodical government became so developed that synods used to meet not merely at times of crisis but on a regular basis every year , normally between Easter and Pentecost . |
| 3 | As a result of Napoleon III 's grave error of judgement , the affair of the Holy places became so inflamed that it set the powers on a collision course which led to the Crimean War . |
| 4 | Last season it became so inflamed that he had to pull out of the Carolls Irish Open at Portmarnock . |
| 5 | They became so celebrated that they were disturbed by tourists . |
| 6 | Seymour Hicks , the famous singer , once became so infuriated that he stopped the orchestra in the middle of his song , turned to the girl and snapped , ‘ Dear Lady , shall you finish your story or shall I finish my song ? ’ |
| 7 | At one meeting , Branson became so exasperated that he walked off his own boat and paced up and down the towpath outside to cool down . |
| 8 | For example one woman set fire to her kitchen accidentally and the carer , her neighbour , realised that it would not be safe for her to remain at home ; another carer , a husband , found himself becoming so stressed that he struck his wife ; he then requested institutional care . |
| 9 | The patient , whom I shall call Maxine , first came to see me because she had a phobia about water — a phobia which was becoming so exaggerated that she could not even bear to put her hands in water and had to rely on creams and lotions to cleanse her face and body . |
| 10 | Jungle English was the title given by A. P. Herbert to writing so confused that one has to read each sentence several times , struggling with the words to find some sense like someone caught in a jungle . |
| 11 | Blanche drove on and three hours later she was safe in Dornaway Castle , where she seemed so shaken that they put her straight to bed . |
| 12 | By the end of the first lesson some medics seemed so confused that they could not explain the difference between an arrowhead formation and a reef knot . |
| 13 | ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’ |
| 14 | Anyone who advertises the deferred rate may only do so provided that the APR is more prominent , and they explain all the terms . ’ |
| 15 | If a particular monkey is chased and harried for as long as ten minutes , it may become so stressed that eventually it gives up trying to escape and sits to face its death without screaming or even resisting when the hunters finally seize it . |
| 16 | It seems that every now and again the memory gets so disorganised that Windows goes off to do something about it and hence the frightening silence . |
| 17 | ‘ What 'd I Say ’ sounded so possessed that many radio stations refused to play it . |
| 18 | There is one small river at Ebenat , but that has become so polluted that the relief workers have to bring in water by tanker . |
| 19 | Several beaches have become so polluted that they are now closed . |
| 20 | Bertrand Russell , who took over the chairmanship of the NCF when Allen was jailed , later remarked : ‘ In some men the habit of standing out against the herd had become so ingrained that they could not co-operate with anybody about anything . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Friel had become so frightened that he took refuge in a friend 's house nearby until he thought the coast was clear at midnight . |
| 22 | He realized that Rommel 's lines of communication had become so stretched that they would be even more vulnerable to attack , and every man detached to guard them would be one less to face the Eighth Army at Alamein . |
| 23 | The delays have become so prolonged that there are rumours that Philips ' Japanese partners are becoming restive . |
| 24 | In some cases land has become so degraded that it is agriculturally worthless . |
| 25 | This would be possible , Lenin believed , because the majority of state administrative functions had become so simplified that they could be ‘ reduced ’ to such simple operations as registering , filing and checking — mere routine . |
| 26 | The fundamental problem with the CAP is that , in an attempt to keep farmers on the land , the price mechanism has become so distorted that none of its objectives is now being realised , and at a high cost . |
| 27 | Before the First World War , many Marxists believed , as we shall see , that world capitalism had become so internationalized that even the political struggle for national independence made no sense ( or worse , it was reactionary ) . |
| 28 | Arctic skuas feed their young on the fish which they rob from the terns , and have become so specialised that they have almost lost the capability of catching food for themselves . |
| 29 | It is not surprising that some viruses have taken advantage of the sexual act as a vehicle for their transmission , but , while bacteria such as gonococci , treponemes , and the organisms responsible for the tropical sexually transmitted diseases have become so specialized that non-venereal transmission is extremely rare , the sexually transmitted virus infections , with the exception of genital warts , are frequently transmitted in other ways as well . |
| 30 | The zebra loach has become so specialized that it can not survive in a less turbulent environment . |