Example sentences of "so [adj] [that] even [noun] " 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 | In several cases , internal funding was still so low that even £2,000 was equal to four or five years ' library capitation . |
3 | My heart grew sick and I could n't eat , a phenomenon so strange that even Father noticed and asked what was wrong . |
4 | Many were so appalling that even Himmler had been known to walk out of the showings , sick to the stomach . |
5 | The deal was so simple that even Reagan could understand it . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | But all the messages that the parliaments of women busily exchanged among themselves stuck at one figure whom their spate of stories , their laughter and malice , could n't break down or wash away , a special kind of other woman , a figure so pitiful and so ludicrous that even jokes could n't make her situation spicy , and yet she outnumbered all others , because so many men had gone away alone , to America , both North and South . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | There were some reports so confidential that even Jean might not see them ; they were better kept at home . |
10 | Deep down the heat and pressure are so great that even hydrogen is a metallic liquid . ’ |
11 | The turn of the conversation was so unexpected that even Mr Cottle tuned in to hear the outcome . |
12 | The private money and foreign contributions were handled by a network of cut-outs and dummy companies so complicated that even North had trouble keeping track of it . |
13 | Elizabeth 's distress had been so evident that even Lydia felt bound to take it seriously . |
14 | The idea of the fat old cattle dealer emerging as a romantic possibility was so preposterous that even Moran smiled . |
15 | He looked so downcast that even Angalo patted him on the shoulder . |
16 | Say is so eloquent that even Cade feels remorse ( 104f. ) , but still has him killed . |
17 | The burst took ten seconds because a dying star 's core is so dense that even neutrinos bang into things on their way out . |