Example sentences of "[vb past] so that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You got so that the first thing you did every day was to go into the kitchen and say good morning to it . |
| 2 | which Arthur plunged so that the thump and spray |
| 3 | ( 2 ) Granting the application , that the central objective of the category of public interest immunity involved was the maintenance of an honourable , disciplined , law-abiding and uncorrupt police force ; that therefore , in view of the public disquiet understandably aroused by proven malpractice of some members of the disbanded West Midlands Serious Crime Squad , and of the extensive publicity already attaching to the authority 's documents following B. 's successful appeal , it could not be said that those who had co-operated in the authority 's investigation would regret that co-operation , or that future generations of potential witnesses would withhold it , if the court were to release the documents to the applicants to enable them to defeat if they could an allegedly corrupt claim in damages ; that the imperative public interest in the case was that the applicants had a proper opportunity of obtaining the evidence they sought so that the grave allegations which they made , and were the same allegations that had troubled the Court of Appeal sufficiently to allow B. 's appeal , could be properly tested in the courts ; and that , accordingly , B. 's undertaking would be varied to allow him to hand over to the applicants those of the authority 's documents which were incorporated in his appeal bundle , the applicants for their part undertaking to use those documents only for the purposes of defending the present libel proceedings pursued against them ( post , pp. 927G — 928A , B ) . |
| 4 | Jotan moved so that the tip of the sword was under the dwarf 's chin , forcing it up . |
| 5 | As a defence mechanism , we put on a show of superiority to keep people intimidated so that no one will think we are vulnerable . |
| 6 | Remember we used to have a prisoner group did n't we , when I first came so that the |
| 7 | Captain Smollett gave orders , and the Hispaniola turned so that the ship would sail just clear of the island on the east . |
| 8 | He nodded avidly in affirmation of his train of thought and turned so that the light fell directly on the front of his body . |
| 9 | Apples should be picked carefully and graded so that the smallest and largest are used first , and medium-sized fruit is saved for storage . |
| 10 | He was determined to be thorough in his preparations , and made sure there were plenty of games before the Tests began so that the players could get used to the conditions . |
| 11 | For economy of space occupied by the site of the lift the two inclined ways would generally be side by side and although at the same inclination and extending between the same levels they would not be in the same plane but echeloned so that the one extends , so to speak , from the right side of the head bay to the right side of the tail bay whilst the other extends from the left side of the head bay to the left side of the tail bay . |
| 12 | Seeded and loined so that the world might grow . |
| 13 | You had to look very cheerful and normal while you worked so that no one would guess you were praying . |
| 14 | I eventually solved the problem by two small blobs of hot stick glue which temporarily glued the component to a scrap piece of wood , dimensioned so that the component overhung the scrap all around . |
| 15 | But he knew his own mind , did Gabriel , and persevered so that the holly adorned the bottom edge of the beam like a curving curtain pelmet . |
| 16 | The blaring background TV set can be firmly switched off , the yapping poodle popped into another room , the open window closed so that the traffic noise is shut out , the children given books and lollipops . |