Example sentences of "so [adv] did [pers pn] " 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 ‘ fit ’ and so well adapted were they , and so successfully did they dominate their terrestrial environment , that they survived for 140 million years .
5 So successfully did they break into the English market that they soon put the native vineyards out of business .
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 HOW did they break the news to a joyful populace , eagerly waiting to hear the outcome of Margaret Hilda versus The Fossil ( © the Sun ) ?
21 So how did they react to you when you your mum and dad when you actually when you moved in here .
22 You said they have n't been round round do they do they tend to keep away from here so how did they react when you actually first
23 So how did they decide who got what ?
24 So how did they work it with the scythes ?
25 So How did they catch him in the dog 's home that 's what I was thinking .
26 So how did we better that in 1992 ?
27 So how did I arrive at this mix ?
28 So how did I as a novice get in there ?
29 So how did I come to be in the car in the middle of the night when I should have been in bed sound asleep ?
30 So how did he come to be involved in the Vauxhall Layla advert ?
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