Example sentences of "[adv prt] his [noun] so [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian knew perfectly well that his father loathed being called prof , disliked intensely the way the boy went between the bathroom and his room with his towel flung over his shoulder so that he could flaunt his nakedness . |
| 2 | Jack leant over his stepfather so that he could see him properly . |
| 3 | A corn-coloured moon climbed up the sky outside the closed window and Tom turned off his lamp so that there was no competition for the warm moonlight . |
| 4 | No desire to tidy up his life so that it could be handed over to someone else . |
| 5 | Only centimetres from his eyes and mouth , the hydra blurred and soaked up his voice so that he seemed to be shouting underwater . |
| 6 | Whisky had made him heavy in the torso and puffed up his face so that the true features were blurred , as if permanently in shadow . |
| 7 | The Khan 's gaze started at his feet and travelled slowly up his body so that by the time their eyes met the Khan was leaning back and holding on to his knees to stop himself falling over . |
| 8 | It is particularly useful when you want your opponent to take time to think out his position so that he comes round to your point of view , and can do so without too much loss of face . |
| 9 | To hasten this process , Bakewell rented out his bulls so that their performance was proven elsewhere before he used them in his own herd . |
| 10 | He drew back his head so that he might look into her eyes , misty with unshed tears . |