Example sentences of "[noun sg] so [adj] [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having him there at the beginning was simply a stroke of luck so colossal that Henry 's natural pessimism was trying to turn it into a disaster . |
| 2 | SARFU had done little to try and rectify the damage created at Ellis Park so French and Fordham took the initiative prior to the special ANC meeting . |
| 3 | He held the look so long that Pascoe laughed . |
| 4 | Her eyes were on Theda 's in a look so compelling that Theda felt as if her mind were being dragged out to be read . |
| 5 | She bit her lip , crumpling the note in her hand , and into her eyes came a look so desolate that Taggy 's heart contracted . |
| 6 | The recording catches the players rather forcefully , and the balance between guitar and string quartet is not always well managed : that is not the engineer 's fault so much as Boccherini 's who did not always judge texture as well as he might . |
| 7 | But there is no question so difficult that Mr Kinnock can not think of a more difficult answer . |
| 8 | Both would shout at the other down the telephone so much that Laura , fascinated by the interaction of her staff , used to worry on occasion that they were not ‘ getting on ’ . |
| 9 | A Theme so low as Mira 's simple Song , |
| 10 | Modern communications make the diffusion of ideas in a largely literate population so rapid that Freud was undoubtedly a name more widely known in his own lifetime than was Newton 's a hundred years after his death . |
| 11 | He waited for Siban to find a way to phrase the request which was so obviously his intent , but instead Siban rose to his feet and stalked away towards the door , his departure so abrupt that Alexei was taken by surprise . |
| 12 | Against the left-hand wall stood an old-fashioned gas stove so heavy that Meg was unable to move it to clean behind it and preferred not to think of the accumulated grease of decades gumming it to the wall . |
| 13 | At about two o'clock there was an explosion so close that Anne threw herself across her mother to protect her . |
| 14 | This became extended through the process of emulation , by which lower groups in the hierarchy sought to copy the higher groups , a strategy so fundamental that Veblen believed it to be the foundation for the concept of private property ( 1970 : 33–40 ) . |
| 15 | Composers scored their music for the forces that were available , and David Wulstan is surely correct in perceiving that the recognition of evolutions and innovations in the performing medium may contribute to the establishment of a chronology for a composer so long-lived as Byrd . |
| 16 | His expression wicked , he continued the stare which seemed to strip poor McAllister of her clothing , a stare so cruel that Dr Neil immediately saw its import and began to bridle at the sight , putting out a protective hand to his beloved , to feel her tremble beneath it . |
| 17 | A sight so curious as B.P. |
| 18 | There was a silence so heavy that Claudia thought it would shatter the phone , and when he spoke his voice was cold and remote . |
| 19 | Sir John Crandon , lord of the great , fat stomach , master of the sturdy legs and an arse so huge that Athelstan secretly called it ‘ Horsecrusher ’ . |
| 20 | She then launched into an account so detailed that Johnson said to Boswell , ‘ All this should be written down , ’ and Boswell did , in a faithful rendition that traces every move made by the prince and those who wished him to escape — every hardship , close call and incident , every hope , frustration and despair . |
| 21 | ‘ So you , ’ he said , his mien so dangerous that Mary beside him , fearful , put a restraining hand on his arm , ‘ must be the Marquess of Blaine , seeing that you are escorting the former Miss Maybelle Foy , of Chicago . |
| 22 | He took her by the shoulders suddenly , his expression so fierce that Robyn gasped . |
| 23 | And he looked at McAllister sitting primly before him , hands in her lap , the face beneath the lace cap so enchanting that Angela Macleod , née Deverill , and all her works , flew away forever , and he knew again where his heart now lay . |
| 24 | The rocket can not be repaired in time so Cory and Lowery , with message-sending equipment , make their escape through the jungle as the Daleks close in . |
| 25 | His fellow judges disagreed with Lord Denning and his opinions probably do not reflect the law , though the emergence of such views from a source so eminent as Lord Denning demonstrates clearly the common law 's culture of uncertainty , within which repressive rules can emerge without embarrassment . |