Example sentences of "[adv] his [noun] so [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt nauseous , and , terrified she might be sick , she pushed away his hand so that she could hold her head up . |
| 2 | Ian knew perfectly well that his father loathed being called prof , disliked intensely the way the boy went between the bathroom and his room with his towel flung over his shoulder so that he could flaunt his nakedness . |
| 3 | Jack leant over his stepfather so that he could see him properly . |
| 4 | No desire to tidy up his life so that it could be handed over to someone else . |
| 5 | Only centimetres from his eyes and mouth , the hydra blurred and soaked up his voice so that he seemed to be shouting underwater . |
| 6 | It is particularly useful when you want your opponent to take time to think out his position so that he comes round to your point of view , and can do so without too much loss of face . |
| 7 | He drew back his head so that he might look into her eyes , misty with unshed tears . |