Example sentences of "[adv] so [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three groups co-operated loosely so that none could be isolated and stopped . |
| 2 | you know er it helps if erm it helps if the groups that you 're comparing between there 's about sort of at least twenty people in each sort of thing , erm and the same goes for things like , things that you might want to do squares on or something like that erm so I mean if you were interested in comparing people who attended very regularly with people who only attended once in a while erm you know it would help if there were about sort of more than forty people altogether so that there was sort of , you know |
| 3 | So it 's seven twelfths altogether so if we add a third to a quarter |
| 4 | Following the sale of the cargo and the payment of the net proceeds , U.S.$2,353,991.95 , into court , nothing further was done in the action until 16 January 1992 when Crossman Block issued a summons as ‘ solicitors for the Republic of Somalia ’ applying that the Republic of Somalia be joined as a party to the action , that the buyers of the cargo be also joined , presumably so that they could be bound by any decision of the court , and that |
| 5 | we go on hoping and fighting and imagining , despite whatever goes wrong with anybody but the Tory Party is diverting itself with internal feuds and in focusing attention on whether Mr Major will remain Prime Minister or not and this is presumably so that they may ignore the real issues of how to the get the country onto some shared basis of consensus , trust and pragmatic politics which would give our society a chance of facing up to questions of economics , politics , pollution and living together in community in the sort of world we 've actually got . |
| 6 | He tries to confine his searching to the area around the nest , presumably so that he can keep an eye on his partner . |
| 7 | Interested , I asked him to whack my bottom with the same instrument and urged him to do it properly so that I could feel what it was like — he did so and I was only just able to restrain my tears it hurt so much . |
| 8 | And making a load of hay especially , you had to work it , roll every pitchfork you had , roll it and set it properly so that you knew as you now then you must have numbers on them so you know how to unravel that lot . |
| 9 | He pulled the door shut himself , discreetly so that there was the minimum noise . |
| 10 | In all these engagements Athens was conspicuously successful , the more remarkably so since she was involved , from perhaps 459 , in a distant adventure requiring much manpower , an Egyptian revolt from Persia . |
| 11 | An auspicious debut — and something of a minor success in Britain , remarkably so considering they were too busy traipsing around the States with Revolver to take time to promote it here . |
| 12 | Excitement spread tentacles that fastened round her heart , squeezing it mercilessly so that it was unable to beat , tentacles that compressed her lungs so they were unable to breathe . |
| 13 | The only way around these attempted take-offs was to walk very slowly so that we did n't build up too much ground speed , as airline pilots would say , and stop if Dawn 's wings did open . |
| 14 | Willie , meanwhile , not only remained silent during these conversations , but picked his berries slowly so that they might forget that he was there , but he reckoned without Zach . |
| 15 | Drink slowly so that your glass stays fuller longer . |
| 16 | Trent turned his body slowly so that he could get his hands on the rope . |
| 17 | The Woman leaned forward , her face eager , but it was Doyle who answered , dropping every word slowly so that it rippled like a stone in a pond . |
| 18 | and you bring it down , and if there 's anything wrong you 'll feel it slowly so that it may click , you do one side and then the other , right the old fashioned treatment for erm dislocated hip was double nappies , er do you know what that ? |
| 19 | He stretched out his arms and then turned slowly so that I could view the recycled Archie from all angles . |
| 20 | King lived in an age when growth rates changed only slowly so that his greatest concern was the possible end of the world ! |
| 21 | He switched on the torch , but directed it upward so that there was only diffused light on the forest floor . |
| 22 | Divide the cake in half lengthwise so that there are two long strips of cake . |
| 23 | Realising how she was staring at him , Isabel quickly looked back at the fire , leaning sideways a little so that her still-damp hair fell forward , partially shielding her face . |
| 24 | Then the front zip of her jeans yielded to his importuning hands and he eased away a little so that his fingers could slide inside , seeking , exploring , sensitising , until shudders shook her from head to foot . |
| 25 | Keep a good lookout and stay back from the line a little so that you do n't get into problems with people on starboard tack , then look for a gap to tack into . |
| 26 | It will keep you here a little so that you may have time to make your plans . ’ |
| 27 | ABBERLEY : Would you mind turning your cardiograph around a little so that I can see it ? |
| 28 | Mm slightly it 's just a little so when he 's head |
| 29 | In stressing the challenges that face us in health and safety it is not to ignore the environmental challenge however we recognize it needs to be considered much more widely so that our resources can be most effectively targeted . |
| 30 | be getting a result if you stepped in with another four phones , new lines , you 'd have the use of these four lines for three month , to generate business before you get out with first phone bill on them , right so that you could drop er the lines here if you wanted , at er , at the end of the day , it does n't matter whether you 've got one line or whether you 've got a hundred lines |