Example sentences of "[verb] and [noun sg] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There the black slaves , no matter how angry or unhappy they felt , as soon as a white man approached began to shuffle and smile so as to look harmless and contented . |
| 2 | With well written characters the words fit and flow so that the actor can ride with ease , and the thoughts , no matter how disjointed , have a natural quality that is at once ‘ actable ’ . |
| 3 | Another problem may be that you only have one machine for both recording and playback so that only one of these activities can go on at one time . |
| 4 | ‘ Neither , ’ he continued in the same gentle tone of voice , ‘ am I prepared to be cast as some Viking lover straight out of a Hollywood film , rampaging and raping so that you can put the full responsibilities of your actions on me . |
| 5 | They chose carbon dioxide subjected to heat and pressure so that it acquires a state between liquid and gas known as a " supercritical fluid " . |