Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] so [adv] that " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ? |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | It came out so matter-of-factly that even Joy and Alan did n't notice and our new guest was , luckily , slightly deaf . |
5 | 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 . ’ |
6 | Dr Neil stepped back so swiftly that she almost fell ; he seized her by the shoulders and held her from him . |
7 | She swung round so abruptly that she knocked a pot of pencils off the desk with her hand . |
8 | When , at last , she managed to speak , the words fluttered out so faintly that Melissa had to strain to catch them . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Baptiste felt her stumble and slowed down so abruptly that she ran into him , grabbed at him to keep her balance . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | This time her mouth fell open so fast that she nearly lost her top dentures . |
13 | Inside the car the sounds of Technotronic screamed out so loudly that they could hardly hear themselves think . |
14 | He spun around so fast that he came close to falling over , his heart leaping like a bird in a snare . |
15 | The man spun round so swiftly that George was taken aback and tripped , falling onto the soft mud . |
16 | And summed up so well that it came to far more |
17 | George stood up so sharply that his swivel chair swung half around . |