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 .
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