Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] so as not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hurried forward with her head down so as not to see the diesel-and-hemp-smelling boathouse where she and Francis had once kissed and kissed ; or the two canvas shoes pushed on dock posts to dry and which she was certain had belonged to Francis . |
| 2 | Quietly , Connor crossed the room , opening the door cautiously so as not to waken his parents in the big bedroom at the other end of the landing . |
| 3 | And she began to walk home the long way round so as not to bump into anybody . |
| 4 | At the end of the impregnation period , care should be taken to release the vacuum slowly so as not to cause boiling . |
| 5 | As an owner will have been interested in keeping the value low so as not to pay a high export premium , the State will be ideally placed to acquire valuable works of art on the cheap . |