Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] so [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only shapes that fit together so closely that all their walls are common with those of their neighbours are triangles , squares and hexagons . |
| 2 | The snow was driving down so thickly that the windscreen-wiper could n't keep the glass free of it . |
| 3 | South Africa press up so quickly that you must kick the ball more often to turn them . |
| 4 | A boxer before the war , Charles Nungesser had been smashed up so badly that by the time of Verdun he had to be lifted bodily into the cockpit and could only use one leg on the rudder controls . |
| 5 | Dennis was thrashing about so vigorously that even a trained lifeguard would have had difficulty in retrieving him . |
| 6 | The prince was seated , not in his chair of state , but between two of his clerks at a trestle table , with a quantity of papers and parchments spread before them ; and his treasurer stood at his shoulder , ready to advise if requested , but looking on so impartially that it seemed to her he had already done his share . |
| 7 | He was ill — except that how many diseases came on so quickly that a man could send you flowers in the morning and by dinner be incapable of lifting the telephone ? |
| 8 | They are found more frequently in recent archaeological assemblages , for instance from Neolithic deposits in Orkney ( Armour-Chelu , 1988 ) and Bronze age deposits in the Somerset Levels ( Girling , 1977 ) , but usually the pellets break down so quickly that they are not preserved . |
| 9 | The he made a U turn and drove away so rapidly that she could not make out his number , only the red tail light diminishing , at more than legal speed , down the deserted Embankment . |
| 10 | If you choose a wallmounted fitting , make sure the arm does n't jut out so far that the light is in front of you as this will throw your book into shadow . |
| 11 | This came out so comically that they both began to laugh together , Neil putting his book down , and McAllister whooping into the apron which she had thrown over her head at his last sally , as though she were truly the skivvy she pretended to be . |
| 12 | It came out so matter-of-factly that even Joy and Alan did n't notice and our new guest was , luckily , slightly deaf . |
| 13 | And the ‘ never ’ came out so wildly that he was surprised again , and , his eyes still watchful , he said , ‘ I thought not , but you must see , McAllister , I had to ask you — for your sake . ’ |
| 14 | If the telescope is mounted upon a spidery stand , it will quiver charmingly in the slightest breeze , and the image will dance about so violently that it will be useless . |
| 15 | Birds become dehydrated very quickly and their water supplies soon run out , they are crammed together so tightly that their body heat is suffocating and the unlucky ones die . |
| 16 | The flow advances in a manner similar to that of pahoehoe flows on dry land , and the pillows are budded off so quietly that the cameramen were able to swim up to within less than a metre of the swelling pillows . |
| 17 | Around them grew up short streets of cottages for the workpeople , run up so quickly that they look as though they were planted flat on the surface , without any foundations ; but still there was no congestion . |
| 18 | The feeling sent the adrenalin rushing around so fast that it threatened to wear me out before I got to my destination . |
| 19 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 20 | They admit that they get pissed off with bad gigs , not getting enough sleep and tour vans breaking down so often that they end up ‘ losing it ’ and crawling over the banks of motorways looking for crisp packets . |
| 21 | Then they all saw that the royal lance , which had stood upright at the door of the tent , had been flung down so violently that its point had pierced the breast-plate of his piled armour ; and the shaft of the lance was twisted and discoloured , all the armour dinted , and the royal pennant charred as if it had been burned . |
| 22 | Dr Neil stepped back so swiftly that she almost fell ; he seized her by the shoulders and held her from him . |
| 23 | At very high temperatures , particles would be moving around so fast that they could escape any attraction toward each other due to nuclear or electromagnetic forces , but as they cooled off one would expect particles that attract each other to start to clump together . |
| 24 | She swung round so abruptly that she knocked a pot of pencils off the desk with her hand . |
| 25 | When , at last , she managed to speak , the words fluttered out so faintly that Melissa had to strain to catch them . |
| 26 | The move took place in early December and we settled in so quickly that it is difficult to believe we have been in our new offices for less than a year . |
| 27 | Baptiste felt her stumble and slowed down so abruptly that she ran into him , grabbed at him to keep her balance . |
| 28 | is it you know erm I mean I feel so so passionately that that we should keep going but |
| 29 | When Grainne slipped silently into his room , desire blazed up so uncontrollably that the banked-down emotions of a lifetime were swept aside , and he knew he would take her fiercely and violently . |
| 30 | When disturbed they roll up so tightly that it is virtually impossible to unroll them . |