Example sentences of "[vb past] [pos pn] [noun sg] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lady Errol intervened through her brother-in-law , informing Johnson , in the hyperbole of hospitality , that she would never allow him to enter Slains again if he left now , and , with the daylight of the long summer evening available , she provided her coachman so that the travellers could view a couple of local geological curiosities , the Buller of Buchan and the rock of Dunbui . |
| 2 | Two decades later , after the clearer recognition of the distinction between insulin dependent and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus , Neel modified his hypothesis so that it related specifically to non-insulin dependent diabetes . |
| 3 | Placing the egg in the palm of his right hand , Vic let it roll up his forearm and then jerked his elbow so that it was propelled into the air . |
| 4 | A number of Gnostic themes also entered his theology so that his reputation suffered . |
| 5 | And he bent his head so that his mouth was hidden in the folds of my skirt , and said so softly that I could hardly hear it , but I felt it more than heard it , through the red material , murmured against my leg : " I love you . " |
| 6 | As he spoke , he changed his position so that he was standing on a ledge with his shoulders and forearms resting on a parapet . |
| 7 | ’ Mr Sargent had said something then and she lowered her voice so that Emmie could n't hear her any more . |
| 8 | But some last-minute impulse lowered her aim so that the blow caught him , hard but not painfully , on his chest . |
| 9 | She recognised his need , and lowered her body so that his anxious pego infiltrated deeper and deeper into her heavenly playground . |
| 10 | I dropped my handkerchief so that I could get a closer look . |
| 11 | The clenched fist still swung at his side , and without easing his grip , he twisted her arm so that now the pain was terrible to endure . |
| 12 | She twisted her hand so that the large diamond on her ring finger winked in the moonlight . |
| 13 | He undid his tie so that it hung loose around his neck and unfastened the top few buttons on his shirt . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A long smashed grey train halted and opened its mouth so that it could be fed . |
| 16 | Léonie turned her head so that she could look at Baptiste . |
| 17 | The warmth of his skin against hers made her catch her breath , and she turned her face so that his hand slid away . |
| 18 | Katherine shook her head so that the long auburn sheath covered her eyes . |
| 19 | He turned his head so that when he opened his eyes he could be facing into the clearing . |
| 20 | He turned his face so that their lips could join , making another temple where their tongues embraced , stroking each other , running over teeth . |
| 21 | Jazz shook his head so that the hair fell down over his face like a curtain and sat looking like something that had escaped from the zoo , still heaving from his exertions . |
| 22 | ‘ I was thinking about what you were saying , ’ I told her , while memories of Nour flooded my being so that I felt I could n't bear it but must instantly take that gleaming knife and open my body to let him out . |
| 23 | So what happened is that the literate women arranged their time so that every day they now have an hour set by to sit down with one of the illiterates and that 's how the literacy campaign is operating at the moment . |
| 24 | By design they had entered the grounds quite close to the front entrance , and they angled their progress so as to bring them into contact with the main driveway as quickly as possible . |
| 25 | She had changed into a loose gauzy nightdress and released her hair so that it fell , witch-like , over her shoulders . |
| 26 | 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 … |
| 27 | It came from statesmen and reformers who held that entails , by precluding a free market in land , artificially raised its value so that investment became unprofitable ; it was a hindrance to a wider diffusion of ownership , which was universally held to be a precondition of increased production . |
| 28 | Claws as mighty as its own batted the purestrain 's claws aside and ravaged its head so that the purestrain shrieked and hung incapacitated , blocking the gap . |
| 29 | When Miguel tipped her chin so that she had to look into his eyes , she said rather bitterly , ‘ It sounds rather like where you took Victoria in the Mercedes , Miguel . |
| 30 | A huge lump of misery welled up into his throat and he stiffened his jaw so that he would n't disgrace himself by crying . |