Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rostov rocked back to sit on his heels and the gold on the floor reflected his face , distorting it so that it was not recognisable . |
| 2 | The Indonesians wanted to start within a month , but Douglas-Hamilton and Child urged them to consider delaying it so that the army could do a pilot run and the local people could be better informed about what to expect . |
| 3 | In the cold dawn , with the wind pushing them so that they could hardly face each other , the King and his wife met on the slope above the battered hall . |
| 4 | His eyes had been a brand on her flesh , stripping away her clothes , caressing her so that she had felt her heartbeat quickening . |
| 5 | She saw other sides of him then , the skilled physician , the considerate colleague , and yet another side , the one gentle with their frightened little patient , reassuring and comforting her so that the procedures became less terrifying and more easily coped with . |
| 6 | Wexford took hold of his jacket roughly , pushing him so that his head jerked up . |
| 7 | I am training her so that she can cook for royalty , ’ Auguste declared grandly . |
| 8 | She had washed and curled her silvery hair and left it long , brushing it so that it hung over one shoulder in a silky-pale swath , a style she never favoured . |
| 9 | The vast red sail burst free of its lashings , the wind filling it so that it bowed forward in a great scarlet curve on which was painted in brilliant gold the portrait of the Golden Girl herself , bubble-curled , lips pouting — Marilyn Monroe . |
| 10 | Even if it meant disturbing her , waking her so that she cried when put down again , she must be lifted up in Alice 's arms , held close to her and kissed goodbye . |
| 11 | The boy carried her out into the snow and pushed her into the ground , turning her so that she faced the tent and the cluster of trees that formed their crude and failing shelter . |
| 12 | She made no protest when Travis removed her boots and jumper , nor when he lay down beside her , turning her so that they lay spoon-fashion before zipping them up into the quilted cocoon . |
| 13 | She was n't aware of his putting the comb aside , only of strong hands turning her so that she lay across his knees . |
| 14 | To achieve this end , the filter is arranged to operate entirely in its pass band by designing it so that its critical frequency is well above the highest frequency present in the Fourier frequency spectrum of the signal being handled . |
| 15 | He took up a sleeping-bag , unzipping it so that she had something dry to sit on . |
| 16 | The accented Bâ™s that occur as pick-up notes for each phrase in bars 2–5 should be played by hooking your r/h thumb under the G string and releasing it so that the string slaps against the fingerboard . |
| 17 | The female releases them by reaching forward with her hind leg , inserting her longest toe into the sac entrance and pulling it so that it enlarges and her young are able to clamber out . |
| 18 | The adviser spelt out the details of the scheme , saying that the self-appraisal consisted of providing factual information , looking at what they were doing and describing it so that advisers could understand what they are trying to do . |
| 19 | He pushed the list over the desk , turning it so that Hayman could read it . |
| 20 | D'Arcy contemplated the glass in his hand , turning it so that the light caught the cut crystal edges . |
| 21 | Place the horses inside the stable holes , securing them with royal icing and positioning them so that their heads peep out over the doors . |
| 22 | He had reached over and was gripping her shoulder with his left hand , holding her so that her face was close to his . |
| 23 | He then took from his pocket a filthy blue handkerchief , reversing it so that his small audience could examine both sides . |
| 24 | It is the same principle as the female body receiving the male sperm , and , after it has conjoined with the egg , nourishing it and gestating it so that its form can grow from fundamental simplicity to the complexity of a human body . |
| 25 | And you 're just stealing it you 're just stealing it so that you can make money are n't you ? |
| 26 | What they 're doing is they 're sending it so that somebody will place orders . |
| 27 | I 've spent ages getting it so that it would er , you know , right |
| 28 | This is done by inserting a special plastic tube into a limb artery , threading it to the heart and then into an affected coronary artery , manoeuvring it so that the tip is just past the narrowed section . |
| 29 | His hands followed the contours of her body , tracing a path along her thighs , parting them so that he could explore the moistness inside her with his fingers . |
| 30 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |