Example sentences of "[noun] so [adv] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we 're limited with people and while Brian was in the verge of moving it which the electrics all had to be took out and rerun , he got called away , down to the pre-packs to a breakdown so obviously it did n't get done , the job stopped cos there 's nobody else . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think so , ’ she said , but she expressed the truth so artfully it sounded almost as if there was a possibility . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ Connelly screamed , his yell so loud it seemed his lungs would burst . |
| 4 | There 's a good girl , ’ he said , gripping my wrists so tightly it hurt . |
| 5 | She pulled the white cord so tight it cut red weals into the white flesh . |
| 6 | Every so often the sound of a dropped pencil or pen would break the solitude , but apart from that the only sound was that of the wind outside , whipping around the building , hurling rain at the windows so hard it sounded as if thousands of tiny pebbles were being bounced off the glass . |
| 7 | Ruth wrenched her eyes open , starting to her feet , gripping the metal cup so hard it hurt . |
| 8 | ‘ To lutin ’ means to tie hair in ELF-locks ; sometimes he would tangle a horse 's mane so badly it had to be cut . |
| 9 | His hand lashed out to grip her arm so tightly it hurt , as he meant it to . |