Example sentences of "[prep] his [noun sg] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to sources that could n't be revealed , the Paradise Corporation had pretended that Sir Charles Dobson was alive for ten days after his death so that the leadership of the company could be handed over without shaking public confidence . |
| 2 | So , basically , what they 're saying there 's all these things that they 'll provide at each stage of his journey so that if care is n't right he knows what channels to go through to complain . |
| 3 | There was a bell at the end , which was rung by the ticket-collector or guard to warn the women of his approach so that they could cover themselves appropriately . |
| 4 | Jess kicked out , catching the handle of his tankard so that a puddle of porter slopped on to the counter . |
| 5 | And , warm with dancing , he pulled off his jewelled hat , so that the brown hair fell free , and opened the close-pearled band of his doublet so that his throat might be bared to the air . |
| 6 | She felt the command of his hands as they moved apart her pliant thighs , the move of his body so that now he was almost there , almost hers . |
| 7 | A shudder ran through him at the touch of her fingers and he drew her closer , crushing her against the powerful length of his body so that she could feel his heart thundering against her breast . |
| 8 | The wait in the ironmonger 's and the noises of cars and motor bikes turning and revving in the street worsened the pressure at the back of his neck so that as he finally got the machine into his van and thought of the relief of reaching home and doing the mowing , black tadpoles shot across his vision , zigzagging through all dimensions . |
| 9 | Now he did smile , and it changed him completely , lifting the lines of his face so that he appeared hardly older than herself , though she knew from Miss Beard that he was almost thirty . |
| 10 | The mosaic occupied much of his consciousness so that he was only dimly aware — out of the corner of his eye , and mind 's eye — of Meh'Lindi , a flexible ebon statue of herself , yet still with an ivory face . |
| 11 | ‘ O my Lord , ’ he murmured inside his mind as the young chaplain unrolled more and more miracles and spiritual honours of St Kentigern , ‘ make me free of evil thoughts , evil deeds , this wicked life … ’ and the murmurings of his internal prayers gradually absorbed more of his attention so that when Nicholson eventually stopped , he found his listener remote , unaware , it seemed , that the history was over . |
| 12 | And she acknowledged that part of her longing to be bustling about was to try and snap him out of his trance so that he could tell her where her sister was . |
| 13 | Wexford thought irritably , and he thought also of his own daughter who was making him scrape the bottom of his pocket so that at some future possible never-never time she might be able to smile without restraint before the cameras . |
| 14 | But no matter whether the ballet lasts one , two or three acts the choreographer must be fully in control of his material so that every detail of the characterisation of the whole cast is appropriate to the general atmosphere and environment within which the plot unfolds . |
| 15 | Nicholson remained slightly ahead of his group so that they could never quite see the expression of disdain of his face . |
| 16 | They settled in armchairs and she saw how the standard lamp threw shadows on his face , accentuating the hollows in his cheeks and the overhang of his brow so that his eyes seemed to sink into their sockets and burn there in the firelight like lamps in darkened caves . |
| 17 | Flinging open the door of his office so that it hurtled back against the wall , he did n't even bother to answer . |
| 18 | Magee leant forward and touched the man 's shoulder , simultaneously pushing the knife gently up beneath his chin so that the point was just touching flesh . |
| 19 | So if a husband is considering taking out a PP , he should certainly discuss the terms with his wife so that they both understand what is being given up . |
| 20 | The knight had to swerve at the last moment to avoid a head-on collision with his opponent , but at the same time he had to couch his lance to his side as tightly as possible with his hand and under his arm so that the lance blow was struck with all the weight and momentum of his horse behind it , for if in swerving aside he moved his hand or used his arm to thrust at his opponent then a blow delivered in this manner would have no effect whatever . |
| 21 | He sat down next to her and the sofa dipped under his weight so that it was an effort to keep her body erect . |
| 22 | His hair , similarly , has collapsed onto his head so that at first — I see him at the end of a corridor — he appears to be completely bald . |
| 23 | Simon had put Ben onto his lead so that he did n't run back down to the beach and cut himself on the rusty barbed wire . |
| 24 | The shelter curved well above his head so that they could both stand quite comfortably inside . |
| 25 | Where he does so the court associate must , at the conclusion of the trial , record that opinion in his certificate so that an appropriate reduction may be considered ( Ord 35 , r 10A ) . |
| 26 | Sorvino hitched around in his seat so that he could follow . |
| 27 | Where he had torn the dress from her shoulders the gentle swell of one breast gave promise of the advent of rich womanhood and he longed to cup it in his hand so that its sweet warmth rested against his own flesh . |
| 28 | Willie had grown used to the changes in his room so that he was pleasantly surprised at Zach 's excitement over it . |
| 29 | He twisted in his chair so that he could look at her , and she leaned down and kissed his forehead . |
| 30 | Then he would realize he was smiling again for Sir William 's benefit , and swing round in his chair so that Morris could n't see the smile . |