Example sentences of "so [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 2 | Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach . |
| 3 | The deal was so simple that even Reagan could understand it . |
| 4 | At that moment Mr Sowerberry returned and , hearing what had happened ( according to the ladies ) , he beat Oliver so hard that even Mr Bumble and Mrs Sowerberry were satisfied . |
| 5 | Jupiter orbits the Sun well beyond the orbit of Mars , and though the solar radiation at Jupiter is about 25 times less than at the Earth , Jupiter is so large that only Venus , and Mars at the most favourable oppositions , outshine Jupiter in our skies . |
| 6 | In the bathroom , Donna had segued clumsily from ‘ I could have danced all night ’ to ‘ I 'm getting married in the morning ’ , her attempts at a Cockney accent so ludicrous that normally Alex would have been falling about . |
| 7 | When a Hollywood genre — in this case , the ‘ action-packed ’ buddy movie — becomes so tired that even Hollywood realizes it , their solution is simple : just reverse the formula until that becomes the formula . |
| 8 | There were some reports so confidential that even Jean might not see them ; they were better kept at home . |
| 9 | The turn of the conversation was so unexpected that even Mr Cottle tuned in to hear the outcome . |
| 10 | Elizabeth 's distress had been so evident that even Lydia felt bound to take it seriously . |
| 11 | The market for engines in Cornwall was so important that eventually Boulton & Watt employed a very able engineer called William Murdock who was permanently based in Cornwall supervising the erection of their engines . |
| 12 | The idea of the fat old cattle dealer emerging as a romantic possibility was so preposterous that even Moran smiled . |
| 13 | Outside London , cities are so small that only Birmingham , Bristol , Exeter , Newcastle , York and Norwich have more than ten thousand residents . |
| 14 | He looked so downcast that even Angalo patted him on the shoulder . |
| 15 | Say is so eloquent that even Cade feels remorse ( 104f. ) , but still has him killed . |
| 16 | With help … ’ and her whispered words were so quiet that only Creggan and Kraal heard them . |