Example sentences of "[was/were] so [adv] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 2 | As she made coffee she stared dreamily ahead , smiled to herself for no apparent reason , and was so far away that at last Sophie remarked , ‘ You 're very happy — very preoccupied . |
| 3 | School was so long ago that we had passed into each others ' mythology , like people who met distantly in another country . |
| 4 | ‘ It was so long ago that I 've almost forgotten . |
| 5 | It was so long ago that it happened — it 's an everyday occurrence now , people battering and killing children . |