Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 2 | You can say well I want to do , put my money so and so , what 's the best rate for me ? |
| 3 | I had come this way a hundred times , always varying my route so as to avoid making more of a track than a rabbit might do . |
| 4 | I would like to fit a built-in dual-fuel hob in my kitchen so that I can cook with both gas and electricity . |
| 5 | There is a passage in the Mithraic communion which is particularly interesting : ‘ He who shall not eat of my body nor drink of my blood so that he may be one with me and I with him , shall not be saved . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 7 | In order to make conversation easier , I lay on my side so that my face was close to him . |
| 8 | Later I put one on the wall of my study so that I could watch these changes in my appearance . |
| 9 | When playing from downhill and uphill lies , I tilt my shoulders so that they are parallel to the ground , putting more weight on my lower foot . |
| 10 | I came to the braided reaches of the river where it swung out over the sands , and adjusted my steps so that I cleared all the channels easily and cleanly , a leap at a time . |
| 11 | They shackled my legs so that I could not run . |
| 12 | They still do , but I 've learnt now to keep them in my lap so that the sweat coming off the hands soaks into the trousers . |
| 13 | My own country now seemed mean and meretricious , and my feet clashed awkwardly with the ground , jarring my body and jangling my bones so that the sound of my clumsy movements echoed hollowly against thin walls , and I was never at peace . |
| 14 | I varied the days and the times of my visits so as to catch this resourceful woman at her different occupations , for example making the wild boar and hind sausages , for which she was renowned in the neighbourhood , and the tarts filled with medlars that grew against the wall of her stable . |
| 15 | Chief Inspector Deacon Billingsley raised his right hand and victoriously , patronisingly and very gently , patted my cheek so that I felt the cold touch of his heavy gold rings . |
| 16 | I stand with my feet about eighteen inches apart , with my left foot forward of my right so that I can easily swivel from the hips from looking parallel to the bank through to facing my ‘ target ’ . |
| 17 | I give it to my husband so that I ca n't sell it if money gets low ’ . |
| 18 | I give it to my husband so that I ca n't sell it if money gets low ’ . |
| 19 | BELVILLE : As human life is uncertain I have disposed my affairs so as to secure to you the power of living as a person ought who is my widow . |
| 20 | ‘ You said you wanted to meet my fiancée so that you could judge her for yourself . |
| 21 | I wound it around my head so that it covered all but my eyes . |
| 22 | You must realize that I 've got it all worked out in my head so that this does n't have any bearing on you at all . ’ |
| 23 | Taking account again of the public concern about violent crime , in future I intend to exercise my discretion so that murderers of police or prison officers , terrorist murderers , sexual or sadistic murderers of children and murderers by firearm in the course of robbery can normally expect to serve at least 20 years in custody ; and there will be cases where the gravity of the offence requires a still longer period . |
| 24 | And I will do whatever you ask for in my name so that the Father 's glory will be shown through the son . |
| 25 | So I rang up and changed the name to my name so that sh sh the women who runs Photo Gallery in Cardiff , now knows that Ken runs the photography group in Holyhead , so she knows my name now . |
| 26 | They say , ‘ Thank you for playing the hymn , you did n't mention my name so although I know you were n't playing it just for me , I felt as if you were ’ . |
| 27 | I put a suitcase on the bed and began to throw clothes into it , half my dresses so that Richard would n't notice when he hung his trousers up in the wardrobe , but all my underwear , since he would not look in my drawer . |
| 28 | Do I want to follow a set exercise programme or would I prefer to change my life-style so that I become more active ? |
| 29 | I particularly thank my hon. Friend and his colleagues for recently calling in the Hillside and Brookshill development in my district so as to protect still further the local green belt land . |
| 30 | As agreed , he swung a punch to my chin so that I should rise in an elegant arc of slow motion to fall sprawled in a dramatic contortion on the bar room floor . |