Example sentences of "[verb] so [adv] that he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike Teague would also be put out if his comeback with second division Moseley were to go so well that he 's in contention for a place . |
| 2 | She had stopped so suddenly that he obviously thought he 'd distressed her . |
| 3 | The Collector 's hands trembled so badly that he had to rest the telescope on the shattered window sill . |
| 4 | His hands trembled so violently that he was unable to bring it to his lips . |
| 5 | Yet , when the oriental came at him , the man moved so swiftly that he was once again almost taken by surprise . |
| 6 | When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me . |
| 7 | Sir Henry Bessemer suffered so badly that he designed an anti-seasick steamer whose saloon was supposed to stay on an even keel even if the ship rolled . |
| 8 | Indeed , he participates so actively that he is apparently involved in the stoning to death of Stephen , officially regarded as the first Christian martyr ( although Stephen would have seen himself , of course , as a pious Jew ) . |
| 9 | Can it have changed much — or did it rain so pre-emptively that he can not have noticed the lovely inlets at Isleornsay , their green banked lands sloping to soft-coloured waters ? |
| 10 | In spite of herself she stirred so sharply that he felt her astonishment recoil upon his own flesh and set him trembling . |
| 11 | He 'd come out here to try to make trouble over her work , but luckily everything was going so well that he 'd find that difficult . |
| 12 | He struggled for a moment , but he was enclosed so tightly that he could not even work an arm free from his side . |
| 13 | His illness had advanced so rapidly that he was unable to move outside his Beith home to give evidence . |
| 14 | His arms were raised above his head but not raised so far that he showed any fear either . |
| 15 | Then her hand shot out and she whipped the piece of paper out of his pocket , moving so quickly that he had no chance to stop her . |
| 16 | Afterwards he had completed his training as a fighter pilot , performing so well that he was assigned to take an instructors ' course with the Navy at San Diego . |
| 17 | The allegation had been spoken so quietly that he doubted whether she had in fact heard it . |
| 18 | He swore so violently that he nearly fell off ; then he froze . |
| 19 | They all die , except a 15-year-old who had behaved so badly that he was forbidden to taste what turned out to be deadly toadstools . |
| 20 | My only worry is that , with the ground drying up , they might go so fast that he gets disheartened . |
| 21 | However , he did n't have time now for self-reproach , nor to wonder why Isabel 's seeming betrayal had cut so deeply that he had instantly thought the worst of her , had immediately accepted Matilda 's word though he 'd known how vindictive and spiteful the woman could be . |
| 22 | But he was shaking so badly that he had to sit down and have a rest . |
| 23 | His backsliding into sloth had happened so slowly that he had n't been aware of it . |
| 24 | It had all happened so quickly that he could still not believe it . |
| 25 | His face was flushed , his eyes glinting with excitement ; he seemed to be having difficulty breathing , too , and he spoke so rapidly that he slurred his words . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's playing so well that he 's been a very big miss . |
| 27 | The converter had worked so effectively that he suffered only mild carbon monoxide poisoning . |
| 28 | He slept so deeply that he did not hear Mrs Dempster come in . |
| 29 | He coughed so badly that he found his way to the bathroom and took some Liquafruta cough syrup . |
| 30 | By the end of the evening he described his voice as being in the most distressing condition , the problem had returned so acutely that he was hardly able to speak . |