Example sentences of "[adv] so [conj] he was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Priestley supported them and made it well known , so much so that he was asked not to attend the dinner — just in case . |
| 2 | Then he lay down again carefully , putting his hand and arm on the far side of the body and easing himself down so that he was partly lying on Patrick , his trunk upon his trunk , his legs upon his legs , and , as he supported himself on his arms , his face just above the skeleton face . |
| 3 | His tongue flicked out to caress her nipple , which was throbbing painfully , and with one anguished movement she pressed his mouth further down so that he was sucking on the rosy tip . |
| 4 | Beneath his new submissiveness Herr Nordern felt another flicker of exasperation , the more so because he was being submissive . |
| 5 | He would be even more so when he was over the spotty stage . |
| 6 | On bad days he was frantic , with black bristles sprouting over his face , screaming shrilly so that he was quite incomprehensible . |
| 7 | He had levered himself up so that he was leaning on the boot of the sports car Scamp had tried to demolish with his shotgun . |
| 8 | When Teacher came out and rang his bell for the children to line up in neat rows , she held Frankie back so that he was the last to obey the signal . |
| 9 | He swung his legs around so that he was perched on the edge of the bunk . |
| 10 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |
| 11 | Then he swung round so that he was facing her . |
| 12 | All right then — ’ he edged closer so that he was whispering rather than shouting over the juke-box ‘ — here 's the nastiest rumour I 've ever heard about Steenie — really nasty rumour . |
| 13 | Alexei came forward so that he was at Rostov 's shoulder . |
| 14 | She stood up , hating her own weakness , and he stepped forward so that he was directly in front of her , frowning down at her troubled face . |