Example sentences of "[vb past] so [adv] [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leonora , afraid he 'd been about to order her to bed , assented so rapturously that Penry eyed her in amusement as he crossed to the stairs . |
| 2 | No problem arose so far as NHS general practitioners were concerned , except a very powerful dispute about the level of the compensation of junior doctors ; but with the consultants it was another story . |
| 3 | Effie , spared the final agonising pangs of the actual moments of birth , recovered so slowly that McAllister feared that she had overdone the chloroform . |
| 4 | The fingers moved so fast that Dougal found it hard to follow what was happening . |
| 5 | His fellow pupils at school suffered so badly that Mary became a constant visitor to the headmaster 's study , and Gary was banned from the playground . |
| 6 | Strikers Goodman and McGinlay played so well that Armstrong 's absence was hardly noticed . |
| 7 | He ate so swiftly that Libby could n't take her eyes off him ; she remembered all they were told about behaving properly and eating slowly . |
| 8 | ‘ A pity , ’ Bruce murmured so quietly that Corbett could hardly hear him . |
| 9 | His condition deteriorated so rapidly that Brian was unable to reach his father 's bedside in New York before he died . |
| 10 | It all happened so fast that Jenna had no time to move . |
| 11 | It happened so fast that Mike was left with his arm still outstretched , towards the dinner-jacketed body of his brother . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's my duty , ’ he replied so piously that Corbett leaned back and roared with laughter . |
| 13 | The three boys set out , but they walked so slowly that Oliver thought they were not going to work at all . |
| 14 | He walked so slowly that Piper had to stop every few seconds and wait for him to catch up . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , God , I loved him , ’ Ruth breathed so emotionally that Steve 's hand came across the table to lock over hers in comfort . |
| 16 | In fact time went so quickly that Shelley was surprised when the crowded room fell silent , and the sound of the church clock in the square drifted through the little café . |
| 17 | ‘ I wonder , ’ said Ian and laughed so genuinely that Julia was reassured . |
| 18 | She laughed so infectiously that Athelstan joined in and , for the first time since he had arrived at St Erconwald 's , the nave of his church rang with laughter . |
| 19 | In fact , in some respects at first they did so better than Copernicus 's calculations . |
| 20 | In one account of the visit , it is said that the Emperor was loathe to allow the doctor to leave China and did so only after Garvine appealed to him on the grounds that he wished to return to Scotland and attend to his aged and ailing father . |
| 21 | In spite of his strange , clouded manner , he spoke so reasonably that Hazel felt rather ashamed . |
| 22 | ‘ No , ’ said Dierdriu , but now she spoke so softly that Fergus had to move closer to hear her . |
| 23 | Molly Pearce , the helpful spinster with her eye on Maurice ; she fitted so exactly that Wycliffe could scarcely believe his luck . |