Example sentences of "[noun pl] so [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harry clenched his teeth so hard that the stem of his clay pipe broke , and he had to spit the bits into the hearth . |
| 2 | Trading in dammars , incensewood and rattans sometimes yields financial returns so high that the people abandon cultivation in its favour . |
| 3 | ‘ My dear deluded child , ’ said Gay , who had a disconcerting habit of answering , not one 's words so much as the thought which had prompted them , ‘ you do n't imagine we 're wrestling with the torments of jealousy , do you ? |
| 4 | Not the words so much as the culture which produces them . |
| 5 | Throttles opened wide , the engines roared as they regained flying speed , the Vimy skimmed the waves so close that the spray beat underneath the wings . |
| 6 | Lorrimer said through lips so stiff that the words sounded cracked : |
| 7 | The speech came over the wires so late and the sheets were so confused by the Post Office — which is usual in these cases — that without the precis we could not possibly have got the leader through in time for the first edition . |
| 8 | That means it was for use in climates and countries so benign that the natives require no shelter at all , and where a tent is more or less a decorative affectation . |
| 9 | The Chinese used their belts so much that the metal buckle came off . |
| 10 | He handed over to poor Sir Alec Douglas-Home a party legacy of dwindling popularity , and although that amiable and resolute character fought with vigour and gallantry to maintain his position , the tide had sufficiently turned to abandon him gently on the beach , leaving Harold Wilson afloat in waters so shallow that the most gentle paddle hit the sand . |
| 11 | She had waited long after midnight in the empty street until the Muckrakers doors were thrown open and ‘ the squeakies ’ filled the street with shouts of resentment at being fetched from their pleasures so early and the sound of long , passionate , gossiping farewells until school on Monday morning . |
| 12 | In no other religion are the stakes so high and the choice so momentous . ’ |
| 13 | The sky was so clear and the stars so visible that the earth could almost be seen turning . |
| 14 | They shook hands so hard that the barrel shook as well , with me inside it . |
| 15 | Yeremi soon discovered that while a monomolecular blade was excellent for bisecting a skull as such , when it came to dissecting the contents the knife was , if anything , too keen a scalpel — its cuts so wafer-thin that the warm brain matter seemed to seal together again as if glued . |
| 16 | Despite its elegance , the collection managed to depict an image of women so passive that the designs would probably have been snapped up by Qantas as uniforms for its air hostesses in late 1972 . |