Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] so as " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In turn then the heart must beat faster so as to pump blood quicker to cope with all this oxygen coming into the body . |
| 2 | She had said he must marry only so as not to disappoint his mother ; but should he come to her one day and say he was about to marry someone , that would assuredly beat her into the ground . |
| 3 | She will look elegant in black , and she 'll cry delicately so as not to mar the whiteness of her skin , and dab her nose with a lace-edged handkerchief , and wear Mother 's jet brooch , and all the customers will sigh and say how sad it is , and young men will want to comfort and console her , and they will , oh yes , because she did n't really love him . |
| 4 | This was all happening while I was walking through the bus station and taking my place in the queue ; and when I gained my seat I began looking in my bag for a piece of paper and a biro , and then , on the inside of a chocolate-bar wrapping I wrote what I must memorize and recite if I were to get the message over to the doctor — I , who even made heavy weather of describing a sore throat ; I , who after a period in the waiting-room could dry up so as to be virtually dumb . |
| 5 | Before he could go out so as to wait until he could have the place to himself , the figure levered himself up , bowed to the altar , and turned and saw him . |
| 6 | It is likely that a structure which was appropriate to an organisation at a particular stage in its development will become less so as it matures . |
| 7 | In particular , the real wage will adjust spontaneously so as to prevent the emergence of excess supply in the labour market . |