Example sentences of "so that [pron] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Additionally , they could be mixed with their neighbouring emotions so that they formed the secondary emotions of : submission , awe , disappointment , remorse , contempt , aggression , optimism , and love .
2 Sometimes she would climax first , sometimes he , and on good nights they would explode together so that they felt the same tingling in the very tips of their toes and even then he 'd had to remember to withdraw — just in case .
3 The Seven Points to Remember were revised so that they mentioned the four types of diarrhoea ( previously described ) and stated that all four types should be treated with LGS .
4 The farmer put Tess next to the threshing-machine , so that she had the hardest and most tiring job of all .
5 ‘ So much so that she told the entire matinée audience of a Noel Coward play !
6 His footsteps seemed unusually loud on the cobblestones , setting up a confusion of echoes from the brick walls so that he had the eerie sensation that he was not alone , and that other solitary walkers surrounded him .
7 Alfonso , on the other hand , though go-ahead and energetic , was of a docile nature and readily deferred to his parents and his eldest sister Urraca , so that he became the favourite son and developed all the traits of a spoilt child .
8 I told him that when he came up the ramp he must accelerate on the throttle at speed so that he got the front wheel up in the air , so he would n't nosedive and hurt himself .
9 Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face .
10 so that it lacked the technical vocabulary needed to accommodate the translations of classical texts .
11 She had lost her cap , and so could not again conceal the glory of her hidden beauty , but she twisted the plait in a knot behind her head and clipped it there as best she could with the two pins she had found , so that it resembled the thick queue of a man 's old-fashioned wig .
12 Scans were obtained by manipulating the transducer so that it followed the appropriate long axis of the gall bladder and the largest gall bladder diameters at each time were recorded .
13 They stood before the dressing table for a while , looking at it and discussing it , apparently , but eventually just turned it round so that it faced the wrong way , rather than turn it upside down .
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