Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pushing hard back against the mountain , he spun backwards out from the rock , curling over in the air so slowly that he could watch , in slow motion , first the passing overhead of the dark clouds , then the mountains , the far side of the valley , the meadow , the cabin , and , at last , the lake red with mud . |
| 2 | Therefore he keeps walking , ‘ thinking of nothing so long as he could refrain from thinking ’ . |
| 3 | Swaddled in a large sweater , Travis sat with his arms about his legs , so still that he could have been a statue . |
| 4 | There was n't a girl in the village he could n't … but when he thought about it , there was nothing in his statement , so far as he could remember , that said anything about … |
| 5 | In so far as he could limit expenditure , Napoleon III did his best . |
| 6 | Otherwise , so far as he could see , the vessels were anonymous , identities concealed . |
| 7 | She was hurt , more than she believed possible , to know that Roman regarded her work so lightly that he could throw an elephant-sized spanner in her path without even thinking . |