Example sentences of "[prep] him so [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew her against him so completely that shafts of sexual awareness pierced her and a blind hungry need made her cling to him . |
| 2 | Anger was rippling through him so fiercely that his whole body seemed to be shivering uncontrollably . |
| 3 | These days she was glad of any invitation to proximity , and curled up beside him so promptly that he gave her an amused sidelong glance as he took her hand in his . |
| 4 | Richard was already a good shot , a patient fisherman and a brave , if occasionally reckless , rider , but competence in all these sports had come to him so easily that he had no interest in practising them . |
| 5 | In one stride he was against her and he caught her to him so savagely that every bit of breath seemed to leave her body . |
| 6 | It has happened in France , Cameron felt like saying , and then the thought of the gulf between France and Scotland came over him so dauntingly that he suffered a backwash of despair . |
| 7 | He was unfastening the waist of his trousers now , having kicked shoes and socks under a chair , and in helpless fury she bent down to snatch the damp towel from the floor , wrenching it round herself and jumping down from the bed , glaring at him so ferociously that he suddenly burst out laughing . |
| 8 | ‘ When you 're a bit stronger , I 'll drive you over there each time he calls me in , ’ he said , and Joanna looked at him so gratefully that tears burned at the back of Sophie 's eyes . |
| 9 | To his surprise , she did not reply but looked at him so vaguely that he inferred that she had not heard him . |