Example sentences of "so [adv] did [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet so well did my father hide his feelings , so professionally did he carry out his duties , that on his departure the General had actually complimented Mr John Silvers on the excellence of his butler and had left an unusually large tip in appreciation — which my father without hesitation asked his employer to donate to a charity . |
| 2 | Sometimes , when I was downstairs cooking or reading , I imagined I heard a piano playing , so keenly did I feel Montaine 's presence . |
| 3 | So compulsively did he watch me empty my glass that he drained his own in compulsive sympathy . |
| 4 | So successfully did they break into the English market that they soon put the native vineyards out of business . |
| 5 | So ‘ fit ’ and so well adapted were they , and so successfully did they dominate their terrestrial environment , that they survived for 140 million years . |
| 6 | The temptation to evade the truth was suddenly almost more than Harry could bear , so achingly did he want to go home . |
| 7 | So long did I have to wait , however , for that second chub , I decide to dispense with floating crust and have a shot at legered crust again . |
| 8 | Henry was an exacting master , possessed of so much energy that it was popularly rumoured that he could fly , so swiftly did he travel from place to place . |
| 9 | After a time I found myself frequently addressing him as ‘ Father ’ , so naturally did he touch the gentle docile side of me . |
| 10 | So greatly did they enjoy the celebrations that they stayed for three days . |
| 11 | She was a confident , outgoing girl who usually interacted quite happily with people of either sex and any age , but she was reduced to silence in Luke Scott 's presence , so deeply did he disturb her . |
| 12 | From the back of the hummock a figure appeared and began moving unhurriedly up the hill on an irregular route , at times coming obliquely towards the Friar , and then abruptly changing direction and seeming to go away from him : thus tacking and weaving the man was as inconspicuous as a partridge on ploughland , so that if the Friar turned his eyes from him for a moment he was difficult to rediscover , so perfectly did he merge with the duns , browns , russets , and half-greens of the wood . |
| 13 | Still , it provided the Gray family with regular exercise , so often did we pursue it over large tracts of Scotland as the tent tried to escape home to warmer climes in the south , flapping its PVC accessories like the wings of a large , wounded goose trying to take off . |
| 14 | Merckx was known as ‘ the cannibal ’ , so often did he scoop up the prizes , even in minor events when he might have been expected to allow minor or local riders to have their day . |
| 15 | Throughout the week the races started on time ( except for previously announced postponements ) , the rescue cover was ample and markers included two conspicuous 2m black spheres which seemed hardly to break the surface , so high did they ride . |
| 16 | I had been under the impression that Smith 's did n't stock SR at all , so well did they hide it . |
| 17 | Almondsbury found another gear after the interval and kept Didcot 's defence on overtime , but so well did they play , goal keeper Andy Tucker was rarely troubled . |
| 18 | So well did he play that Palace signed him from Leicester as soon as the opportunity arose . |
| 19 | So well did he play that he was named man of the match . |
| 20 | So again did you shield man |
| 21 | He was not sparing with himself , and yet the tale ran more readily than he had supposed possible , so completely did he trust the listener . |
| 22 | Indeed , so firmly did they reject the view that adults should be given the right to choose their own cinema entertainment — ‘ whatever turns you on ’ , as the saying went — that their Report marked the beginning of a historic swing of the pendulum away from what can now be seen as the libertarian heyday of British media law . |
| 23 | So firmly did she make it up that she even waved her stout walking stick in the air , and hallooed at Anna . |