Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We fixed it so that we arrived at lunchtime and joined my parents in a restaurant near their hotel . |
| 2 | Equally remarkably , he made them open their pockets , so that they gave with extraordianry generosity when other communities as far away as Italy suffered disasters like their own . |
| 3 | I 'm bound to say that they failed to learn from their own history after nineteen-eighteen , so that they did in effect repeat erm their history a second time with disastrous consequences for everybody . |
| 4 | At that moment , a voice did call , so that she jerked with shock . |
| 5 | She took a quick break for lunch , gulping down a couple of sandwiches and a cup of coffee , then spent the afternoon painting the dragon , using dozens of different shades so that he shimmered with colour . |
| 6 | It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response . |
| 7 | So that er his former chauffeur joined the force , P C , he was in , he drove of course our first police car , well which he shared with P C , then when our cars got to number two , three and so on , he eventually came up , so that he retired as inspector , traffic inspector . |
| 8 | Harry bent down and with one hand lifted the gangplank so that it hung in mid-air . |
| 9 | The kitten was cradled in her arms and she ran her fingers gently up and down its stomach so that it purred with delight . |
| 10 | So , there were no leaks or speculative articles about the paper 's contents and publication was deliberately timed so that it arrived on news desks ahead of the finalised Cadbury Report . |
| 11 | He muttered something unrepeatable under his breath and wiped an exhausted hand upwards over his forehead , a distraught gesture which ruffled the short dark hair so that it stood on end . |
| 12 | Those who were not wearing helmets let their hair flow freely , so that it moved like seaweed in the ventilation breeze near the roof . |
| 13 | For its part , the Conservative Party , under the intellectual leadership of R. A. Butler , came to terms with the changes wrought by Labour from 1945–51 and adjusted to the new mood in the country so that it grudged towards state intervention in support of some kind of equality . |
| 14 | You know nothing of me , only that we went to bed together for a while . |
| 15 | ‘ Only that we fell in love with foreigners . |
| 16 | Would you mind terribly if I stayed at home ? ’ |
| 17 | The music soothed her for a while but the needle stuck in a groove suddenly and she wept in response , despairing . |
| 18 | So if they kept on flat out , every ten seconds they 'd go a further so many hundred metres , for ever and ever . |
| 19 | So if you escaped from State would you would you be taken back to your home State or something ? |
| 20 | There would be ructions , especially if he went into coalition with the Tories . |
| 21 | Her relations were keen that I should meet her , perhaps because they hoped in desperation that I might be able to help her . |
| 22 | They therefore chose to look after their children during the week , and to allow their husbands to do so while they went to work on Sundays . |
| 23 | It is too long since I went to church — ’ she broke off as the coffee and cream cakes arrived . |
| 24 | This second possibility was the one I preferred , especially since I saw on reflection that such ripples might produce some of the effects of the first possibility . |
| 25 | Dad was gon na ring you up at eight o'clock before you went to school and say |
| 26 | It was only after he went into hospital that I started spending much time with him , because we knew his illness would run a rapid course . |
| 27 | Thereafter , she became a statutory tenant under section 2(1) ( a ) , and giving the words of that subsection their natural meaning , it would appear that she was by the Act to remain a statutory tenant so long as she continued in occupation of the dwelling-house . |
| 28 | It is unlikely that he would have gone to a children 's home in the first place and stayed for as long as he did before fostering was tried . |
| 29 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on the plain words of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Rent Act 1977 a statutory tenant enjoyed that status so long as he remained in occupation of the dwelling house as his residence , and , therefore , the defendant had remained a statutory tenant after the possession order had been made ; that since she was neither a statutorily protected nor an excluded tenant within the meaning of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 she was entitled to the protection of section 3 of that Act and could not lawfully be removed from the premises until the possession order had been executed in accordance with rules of court ; that since the only method of enforcement provided by the County Court Rules 1981 was by execution of a possession warrant in accordance with Ord. 26 , r. 17 , the plaintiff was not entitled to re-enter by other means ; and that , accordingly , the defendant was entitled to damages for unlawful eviction under section 27 of the Act of 1988 ( post , pp. 879B , 881D–E , G–H , 882A–B , B–C , 883C–E ) . |
| 30 | Wright — so long as he remained in exile — could write what he liked . |