Example sentences of "so [conj] [pron] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So although I sat tight as the communicants went forward I was not too conspicuously a Protestant . |
| 2 | This motif was used on the air every day and we rang all possible changes on the ‘ we 're being done in by the big bogey-man ’ theme , so much so that we had some of our faithful old lady listeners actually in tears . |
| 3 | so that we made that little place what was the bathroom into a little cookery place , I put , we put the cooker in there , then we had our bath , had our bath put upstairs you see |
| 4 | And here was Conservatism , with a do-nothing prime minister in Mr Baldwin , with an out-of-date commitment to maintaining the British Empire in a world where it had ceased to be possible or right to maintain it , so that we spent millions in building a fortress at Singapore while we spent nothing more on housing or education . |
| 5 | She made no protest when Travis removed her boots and jumper , nor when he lay down beside her , turning her so that they lay spoon-fashion before zipping them up into the quilted cocoon . |
| 6 | Alternatively , the prices could be adjusted somehow so that they met total costs . |
| 7 | Celia Hooper-seated opposite him in just such a chair and situation , so that they resembled two bookends without intervening books — was suggesting that she should draw up a basic plan for the annual deanery party , which happened at Loxford Rectory after Easter , a get-together for all the priests of the deanery , eight of them , and their wives . |
| 8 | He took another head punch before ducking under Elliott 's arm and turning so that they passed one another , Culley clubbing with laced fingers . |
| 9 | With quality technicians creamed off from other studios , he could make cheap films so that they looked good and brought in a respectable profit . |
| 10 | On the day I fished the Tarn , however , a long summer heatwave and a freak wind had brought algae up from the lake bottom so that they hung ill suspension , turning the lake the colour of pea soup . |
| 11 | It all developed from techniques — routine methods of doing the basic fundamentals so that they became automatic . |
| 12 | Even as he did so , the obstacle was removed because Jotan had dumped the hanks of haigus wool on the men from above so that they became entangled , tripped , and fell cursing . |
| 13 | Some of the older ones would get together so that they had ginormous piles of rubbish . |
| 14 | However , the above situation would tend to move both interest rate differentials and cost of cover together , so that they equalled one another . |
| 15 | He picked up a second kitten , dangled one from each hand , swung them so that they hit each other . |
| 16 | The office that led off it was larger , with two desks positioned so that they faced each other . |
| 17 | At which moment their car headlights lit the stone walls of ‘ La Felicità ’ so that they appeared golden against the black velvet of the sky . |
| 18 | Croydon cars already had cushioned seats of the highest standard on both decks and chromium plated handrails , so that they required less modification than the ex-L.C.C. cars rebuilt at the same time . |
| 19 | But what Katherine liked best were the corner shelves which housed three miniature cities , carved out of wood and painted by an expert hand so that they evoked future urban landscapes . |
| 20 | At this distance in time we simply do not know in detail how the clerks did their jobs , for there were no manuals of office procedure , and the functional tasks gradually evolved so that they bore little resemblance to their forebears . |
| 21 | Miles of sugar cane , followed by miles of flat desert country , all seen through a damp haze so that nothing seemed real . |
| 22 | The September moon had sent its beams over the bed and into the corners of the bedroom so that everything seemed vivid , rather stark , a little ghostly . |
| 23 | This time , she was wearing a hat , which pulled her face back , somehow , and made a line round it , so that she looked older than she had the other night . |
| 24 | He caught her hands in his and drew them over her head so that she lay open and vulnerable to him . |
| 25 | He threw the handkerchief carelessly into a laundry basket , then before she knew what was happening , he was kissing the tips of her fingers , then her palms , then drawing her hands towards him so that she had little choice but to slide her arms around him and receive his kiss . |
| 26 | She felt grateful because it was Kate 's day out so that she had this to do . |
| 27 | The power in the sails lifted the yacht so that she left two long trails of dark blue in the spray . |
| 28 | She wanted to kiss him , to soften him , to diminish him in some way so that she felt safer , more human . |
| 29 | She was very relieved , so much so that she felt weak . |
| 30 | Her confidence was coming back now , so that she felt able to meet his gaze across the width of the small table . |