Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] so [conj] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd been advised to wait nine to 12 months so that my blood levels could go down , ’ she says . |
| 2 | First a cow is pushed out of the way by the trained elephants so that her calf can be safely roped and led away . |
| 3 | Okay , so they may ask you to use something which you have n't necessarily had to do before so that they 're really all that the examiner 's testing is that you 've got a little bit of nous , a little bit of savvy and with what you 've got available you can improvise a dressing or use the dressing in a sensible manner so that your casualty 's comfortable and you 're doing the best you can for them , okay ? |
| 4 | He is full of life an has brought home with him a number of foreign servants so that my house seems to have been removed to Paris . |
| 5 | The problem is compounded when we allow our leading businesses — Rowntree and perhaps Cadbury 's and others — to be bought up by foreign predators so that our muscle is destroyed . |
| 6 | In practice , often enough he will be " invited " to accept such responsibility so that his predecessor can be exonerated therefrom and thus make a " clean break " with the firm . |
| 7 | PLEASE follow these guidelines so that your manuscript may be handled expeditiously . |
| 8 | A year or so later I chanced to meet him and he acknowledged that this was just criticism , but that he had been obliged to insert these names so that his book would look like a truly up-to-date , intouch work of scholarship . |
| 9 | ( 1 ) Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart and grip the club in your left hand so that your thumb is running down the shaft . |
| 10 | In a pendentive method of construction the triangular spaces between the square section and the circular base of the hemisphere are built as if they are parts of a lower and larger dome so that their section is like that of an arch carried across the diagonal of the square space to be covered . |
| 11 | After a bit we both found the grammar rather monotonous and tried a little conversation so that my English would benefit too . |
| 12 | The Bloodthirster lashed out and struck him a terrible blow , breaking the bones of his left arm so that his shield hung useless at his side . |
| 13 | Secondary schools are also keen to establish positive relationships with neighbouring primary schools so that their school becomes the automatic choice of child and parent for the next phase of education . |
| 14 | We have to take great care to select the visual environment so that its effect can be measured . |
| 15 | The lamp outside in the yard bathed him in grey light , leaving his eyes in deep shadow so that his face resembled that of a corpse . |
| 16 | As he kicks , slide the rear foot back and withdraw your leading foot by an equal amount so that your stance does not become too long . |
| 17 | These elections must take place in a clean and decent way so that our revolution is not tarnished . ’ |
| 18 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 19 | Turn to face your right leg so that your torso is in line with your right leg . |
| 20 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |
| 21 | He made a sort of ducking movement to acknowledge his orders and tipped up the nearest chair so that its burden of garments slithered to the flagstones . |
| 22 | Ernst Richter was the latest recruit from the academy , having arrived the previous day , and he had been assigned to work with Mauer for the first month so that his temperament and personality could be assessed to ensure that later on he would be paired with the right partner . |
| 23 | He placed his hand on the plinth as one might lay a hand upon a sacred object so that its virtue might flow from it to oneself . |
| 24 | Or when I come down with psychosomatic diseases so that my wife babies me and Huxley and Hooker fight all my battles . |
| 25 | I knew one family where the husband hung himself facing the front door so that his body would be the first thing his wife would see as she came in . |
| 26 | With this new configuration the acoustic centres of midrange and tweeter are at the same point so that their phase relationships have an exact match . |
| 27 | Furthermore it was suggested to her mother that Kim 's activity and feeding the baby always took place in the same room so that her mother could provide verbal prompts and on-going comments . |
| 28 | When he had seated her in his rocking chair and put a glass of dark liquid in her hand , he moved her lamp and his single candle so that her face was illumined . |
| 29 | Sometimes when it got worn like that it would twine round the other soldier so that his head could be pulled off . |
| 30 | She had n't last time I , cos we were talking about er when I say talking I do n't mean nastily but the last time I saw Janet I asked after Wendy and she said she was still working and enjoying her job and the children were growing up and she did n't mention any other children so cos her husband works away a lot of the year does n't he ? |