Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] so as [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duty to discharge their functions so as not to create a nuisance . |
| 2 | They hide this from their parents so as not to add to their pain , but need someone with whom they can share unacceptable feelings . |
| 3 | She asked him to come to her room so as not to overhear any more , and then they went downstairs in an express lift : a glass-and-gilt beetle that hurtled the twenty-eight floors in nine and a half seconds . |
| 4 | I mean , could one do the Tesco superstore , pick up the bedding begonias and the kids from their respective nurseries , shell peas for the boss 's wife and remove the rotary drier from its rotospike so as not to offend the neighbours who 've stuck a Sky dish up against your patio view , whilst obsessed by lust ? |
| 5 | Ruth saw thrown spears hang in the air as if floating in water , and she thrust herself down into the grass , her face in her hands so as not to see any more . |
| 6 | Carefully stripping off her clothes so as not to jar her ankle , she sat before the fire , softly humming to herself as she savoured the delight of clean skin . |
| 7 | He talked of the hundreds of thousands who traded away their votes so as not to register for the community charge . |
| 8 | You could see he 'd stuck invisible tape over his mouth so as not to cry . |
| 9 | He clenched shut his eyes so as not to see the pale oval of her face through the shadows . |
| 10 | It could have been Jamie , padding softly around his flat so as not to disturb the neighbours . |
| 11 | We had , ‘ shaved our heads so as not to be sex objects , and boarded up our windows so that men in the street could n't see in ’ . |