Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] so [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 And then he pulled her in close again and ravaged her neck so that Robyn shrieked aloud and knew all the while that she was falling deeper and deeper …
2 ’ Mr Sargent had said something then and she lowered her voice so that Emmie could n't hear her any more .
3 This to gain the maximum effect of her statement so that Mitch will propose to her .
4 She remembered the way the midwife had bent her knee so that Carolyn 's calf pressed against her thigh , and held it pinned with her own bare arm .
5 He wants Christ to be brought clearly into the picture of working matters , not for Christians in the working world to secularise their task so that Christ is absent from their thinking .
6 She loosed her sash , sending it snaking with a flick of her wrist so that Grimm jumped back a pace .
7 Tug grinned feebly at him , shrugged and rolled over , turning his back so that Doyle could not watch his expression .
8 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 .
9 Bob had dropped his voice so that Raksha in the next room would n't hear .
10 He increased his pace so that Mapleton , already out of breath , had to choose between talking or using his energy to keep up .
11 Thirty years later , I can still recall particular images — Alan Breck 's silver button set on a wooden cross and placed as a sign in the window of a but and ben ; redcoats prodding the heather with their bayonets while Breck and David Balfour sweltered out the day on the top of a huge granite boulder ; Breck lowering his belt so that Balfour could scramble up ; a chieftain 's hide-out somehow built using the trees .
12 ‘ Pool needs to get out more , ’ he said , trying hard to slow his speech so that Lacuna would grasp his meaning .
13 He took a slight step forward and , taking his friend 's chin in his hand , lifted his face so that Ludovico was forced to look up into his eyes .
14 The man ducked , weaving to his left so that Trent 's fist caught him high on the right cheek .
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