Example sentences of "behind [pers pn] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized then that the lamp had been put behind me so that it would light her entrance ; and it was an entrance to take the breath away . |
| 2 | ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob — push the door open — go inside — close the door gently behind you so that you do n't wake up anybody else in the house ; now you go to the basin — put the plug in — turn on the tap — it 's a very stiff tap … ’ ( p. 196 ) . |
| 3 | Both Kiku and Turakina had insisted on riding and , as they galloped along the borders of the cornfields which supplied the Kha-Khan 's granaries , Turakina 's unbound hair streamed out behind her so that her whole head appeared to be on fire . |
| 4 | He left his cocoon of warmth , closing the folds behind him so that the damp chill of the room would not invade his secret place during his absence . |
| 5 | The rest of the queue followed close behind him so that there were at least six people on the ladder at the same time . |
| 6 | He had his hands clasped behind his head and was leaning against the head-rest behind him so that his tanned throat was exposed . |
| 7 | It walks on only five of its legs and holds the sixth out stiffly behind it so that it appears to have a sting projecting from the tip of its abdomen . |
| 8 | So you come up behind it so that your body and the striker 's ball , that being your red ball and the other ball , the object ball are always the same straight line I mean it does n't matter whether you come in from the side you 're walking up to it in a straight line put your mallet down , swing it through . |