Example sentences of "[noun pl] so [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | From birth , the baby and infant imbibes moral values and learns to control instinctual wishes so that he or she is not chastised by parents , or other agents of socialization . |
| 2 | He adjusted the slings on the Greeners ' canvas cases so that he could wear one slung across his chest and the other across his back . |
| 3 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
| 4 | I only knew because he 's had to change his shifts at Conway House a couple of times so that he could be with her after her chemotherapy sessions . ’ |
| 5 | He will need to be informed about new strategic departures and their effects upon the covariance between corporate and market-index returns so that he can alter the portfolio held if the risk-return mix is not the one desired ; but corporate diversification to manage total risk is not required by the shareholder . |
| 6 | He was clever in a bubbling , sideways way that Masklin distrusted ; he always seemed to be bottling up excitement about something , and when he spoke the words always rushed out , with Nisodemus putting ‘ ums ’ in the flow of words so that he could catch his breath without anyone having the chance to interrupt him . |
| 7 | As an electoral doctrine , this latter belief goes back at least to Alcibiades , who cut off his dogs ' tails so that he should be talked about ; from which little good came either to him or to Athens . |
| 8 | Course then he finished , they finished dredging at night on , at nineteen thirty two cos they said it was costing too much the did and erm they were building some new cranes down there , so I said to my father , and he was very friendly with the Harbourmaster , he said erm was there any chance of getting one of them cranes so when he went and saw the Harbourmaster he said no he said the boy do n't know nothing about electricity either so he said no nor did no other buggers he said they did n't know anything about it so he got the job . |
| 9 | As with other defectors , the glory went to Golitsin 's head and he was soon proposing that he be allowed to establish a world-wide intelligence research organisation with unlimited funds so that he could play out his fantasies against the KGB . |
| 10 | You could kick him and hurt him , you could hit him on the face and on the eyes so that he could n't see , but he 'd still manage to torment you . |
| 11 | ‘ He described quite graphically — to me personally — how he felt with it seeping through the blindfold and beginning to sting and then burn at his eyes so that he was finally forced to open them in order to blink . |
| 12 | She went over to where he was standing , looking him right in the eyes so that he could see how furious she was . |
| 13 | Len moved his eyes so that he was staring at Jimmy . |
| 14 | Somebody was supporting his shoulders so that he could drink . |
| 15 | Duvall was jerked away from Jimmy , spinning on his heels so that he was facing the office door again . |
| 16 | They also taught man the rite of circumcision and the secret languages of birds and animals so that he was able to trap or befriend them , and showed him how to divine water . |
| 17 | Again Scathach hushed the man , raising a beaker to his lips so that he could sip cool water . |
| 18 | Vologsky increased his pace , momentarily , gaining a few feet so that he could look back at Kirov 's grim face . |
| 19 | Nuadu of the Silver Arm , submitting to the sorcerers so that he might be made whole again . |
| 20 | In the semi-final , in which I ran second , Cameron Sharp was in the lane adjacent to Chidi , who has a side-to-side action with his running which many felt made Cameron run along one of the lines so that he was disqualified . |
| 21 | The sleeping-bag he rolled up in the blankets and tied with belts so that he could carry it on his back . |
| 22 | His thin elbows and shoulder blades hit the sides of the cart at frequent intervals so that he would wake suddenly , only to fall back exhausted into a chaotically dream-filled sleep . |
| 23 | Apparently Chéron hid Modi 's clothes to keep him in , for Brancusi claimed to have rescued the stranded painter by buying him a jersey and a pair of trousers so that he could go out into the street . |
| 24 | Elected vice-provost in 1929 , he was a unanimous choice as provost in 1933 ; and such was the hold he established over the college that the fellows prolonged his tenure as provost for two years so that he retired in 1954 . |
| 25 | They said that it was of himself and that the parcel contained a gun which had been taken to pieces so that he could carry it inconspicuously . |
| 26 | ‘ John went behind the counter at Selfridges for a couple of days so that he would understand what assistants have to cope with . |
| 27 | In actual fact , he was allowed out of the Kingussie sanatorium for two weeks so that he could be ordained and then on being discharged from the sanatorium , he went to St Joseph 's Parish , Ansdell as a curate . |
| 28 | In the same month they travelled to Bermuda for six weeks so that he might convalesce in the warmth : he responded well , and was walking more easily . |
| 29 | Rain streaked her cheeks so that he was unable to tell whether she was weeping . |
| 30 | Recalling , though , how on the drive to Karlovy Vary she had decided against bombarding him with questions so that he could concentrate on his driving , Fabia , with some reluctance , faced the fact that that was the only course to follow . |