Example sentences of "[vb past] so [adv] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Granpa clapped so loud as I returned to my place that some of the mums looked round and smiled , which made the old fellow even more determined to see that I stayed on at school until I was fourteen . |
| 2 | ‘ The abuse happened so often that I thought it was normal . |
| 3 | The next few gybes were the first I had ever done with speed all the way through the turn , in fact , it happened so quickly that I could n't change the rig fast enough — so then I had to work on the rig change . |
| 4 | Everything happened so quickly that I have no very clear recollection of what actually took place . |
| 5 | He talked so steadily that I could hardly thank him . |
| 6 | She played and sang so plaintively that I almost wept , the song was so sad . |
| 7 | ‘ It is amazing when it works — in the Scottish Open in February against Eva Webster it went so well that I near enough knocked both of us out . ’ |
| 8 | He listened so politely that I perhaps talked a little too much about my dear country . |
| 9 | I did so well because I was hard . ’ |
| 10 | They did so impeccably and I believe their judgement was a judgement reached in accordance with the rules laid down by Parliament ’ Transport Secretary Malcolm Rifkind on the handling of the port sale to Teesside Holdings . |
| 11 | And he bent his head so that his mouth was hidden in the folds of my skirt , and said so softly that I could hardly hear it , but I felt it more than heard it , through the red material , murmured against my leg : " I love you . " |