Example sentences of "so [conj] his [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By his order dated 12 May 1992 Waite J. directed that in the interim pending a further hearing in the events that ( 1 ) J. 's medical condition changed so that his life was threatened but was capable of being prolonged by intensive therapeutic measures including artificial ventilation , and ( 2 ) he was at that time in the health authority 's care and ( 3 ) the required drugs and equipment were or could reasonably be made available , the health authority were to cause such measures , including artificial ventilation , to be applied to J. for so long as they were capable of prolonging his life . |
| 2 | The Feldwebel sat in front with the driver , and the officer , who undid the flap of his holster and swivelled his belt round so that his automatic was more accessible , sat in the back with me . |
| 3 | He turned so that his back was to the sloping granite wall and pulled her up . |
| 4 | Avoiding her glance , he leaned against the parapet round the terrace , facing towards the lights of the house so that his expression was picked out in fine detail . |
| 5 | His toes were contracted and bent downward so that his feet were very arched . |
| 6 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 7 | But last time do you remember this time last year it got so that his foot was really puffy ? |
| 8 | Marcus pulled Pat up by the shoulders , pulling him up so that his head was higher , and Moxie thrust the pillow in behind him . |
| 9 | He crouched down so that his head was level with the boy 's face , and smiled reassuringly . |
| 10 | For two weeks after the spine operation , Michael was again on a bed that could be turned , so that his spine was completely immobilised , and he spent four hours on his back and two on his front . |
| 11 | There was a slight cast in the right eye , so that his glance was disturbing and oblique . |
| 12 | Richard was not aware that he was no longer reasoning , hut allowing a series of overlapping images — the drawing of lord Jim , Tilda cooking — to act as a substitute for argument , so that his mind was working in a way not far different from Maurice 's , or Nenna 's . |
| 13 | He was still standing over her , his back to the window , so that his features were shrouded in shadow . |
| 14 | ‘ And what makes you think I do n't love you back , Lindie ? ’ he whispered softly , twisting her gently in his arms so that his lips were very close to her own . |
| 15 | 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 . " |
| 16 | As the film progressed , he gradually began to hitch her skirt up , so that his hand was resting not upon skirt but upon stocking , and then his hand began to creep up the stocking . |
| 17 | The other man moved over to join them , gripping Connelly 's right arm so that his hand was groping at empty air . |
| 18 | Robert leaned back in his chair so that his ear was touching the wall . |
| 19 | The man had white bone things above his eyes and under the mouth so that his face was longer than a face should be . |
| 20 | ‘ Pulled one on her , ’ Farrell rasped , taking a step closer so that his face was inches from Crossley 's . |
| 21 | Benton leaned closer so that his face was only inches from hers . |
| 22 | He swore quietly and then bent low , so that his face was directly over hers . |
| 23 | When the crackle of the flames , the creak of the floorboard , and the weight of their bodies returned , he lowered her to the carpet before the fire and sat himself beside her , leaning so that his face was only inches above hers . |
| 24 | From school I knew this parable by heart , and I think the reader must have known it too , because as he reached the concluding sentences , his frail hands were already feeling for the embroidered marker and preparing to close the great heavy book , so that his eyes were not on the page but were gazing unseeing into mine as he spoke the final well-worn words , ‘ Then said Jesus unto him , ‘ Go , and do thou likewise . ’ ’ |
| 25 | His stands alienated the richer members so that his ministries were short and ill paid . |
| 26 | To prove his importance and so that his entrance was emphasised all entered in order of precedence . |
| 27 | ‘ When the guy was preparing to bowl , he leaned right forward so that his body was almost parallel to the ground . |
| 28 | The press had advance copies of the speech in which he was to defend Marshall , so that his climb-down was plain for all to see when he failed to deliver it . |
| 29 | Tug 's head was being forced backwards so that his throat was stretched almost unbearably . |
| 30 | This would be especially so if his partner was one of his several sons . |