Example sentences of "[pron] so [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This garden ( protected from the road on one side by huge , untidy gum trees , in a permanent state of reptilian slough , leaving the discarded bark hanging from the newly emerged , silvery trunks ) has for me so powerful a charm because it returns me to my childhood , with a complete collection of odours , insects , fragrances , ponds and over-vigorous plants . |
| 2 | He finds his own words for the mood in a letter to Helen on 6 May '98 : ‘ I am glad my unkind letter allowed you nevertheless to write me so sweet a reply , and besides , to be so sweet tempered , and , as I hope , unhurt save for a moment . |
| 3 | The eyes alone could never have given me so profound a sense of Spring , of Maytime and the blossoming of hawthorn upon the heaths and wild cherry at the border of the beech copses . |
| 4 | To your numerous enquiries , I must answer rather briefly , for I have so bad a cold as to be half blind : add to which so bad a cough & sore throat , that if they do nt go I shall be in town much sooner than I expected … my eyes are so sadly worse , that no bird under an Ostrich shall I soon be able to do . |
| 5 | Their reward must be such as may give them that rank in society which so important a trust requires . |
| 6 | No Alma 's been erm keeping some money for me and I , she , I give her so much a week and she give it all today . |
| 7 | But somehow Folly could only think of one person who might have sent her so tantalising a message . |
| 8 | You 've got ta put an offer in and pay it so much a month have n't you or something and , and , and get it paid off over a period of time ? |
| 9 | The next destination is Schaffhausen , famous for picturesque buildings , its excellent connections which make it so convenient a place from which to start an exploration of the Bodensee ( Lake Constance ) or trips into Germany , the warmth of its people , and of course , the Rhine Falls , among Switzerland 's most spectacular sights . |
| 10 | Careful plan ? but was he so cold-blooded a man as that ? ) . |