Example sentences of "so [subord] [not/n't] [to-vb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sneaked up the stairs to Flat 3 , tiptoeing by the door of No. 2 so as not to disturb Lisabeth and Fenella , the two dragons who inhabited that particular dungeon . |
| 2 | In the spot-light of an Anglepoise lamp which crouched on a chair like a big , black praying mantis , Finn worked quietly so as not to disturb Francie . |
| 3 | They were both speaking very quietly , so as not to disturb Dyson , who was still on the phone . |
| 4 | There is no deck chair for me so I sit on the lawn at Ma 's feet and draw some barley water up the straw , gently so as not to disturb Pa who is reading . |
| 5 | Dyson undressed quietly in the dark , so as not to wake Jannie , sighing loudly in the hope that it would . |
| 6 | Her eyes met Bert 's , found no reflection there of what she was thinking — probably against her will , Alice believed ; and , so as not to meet Alice 's , lowered themselves to the business of eating one golden crisp fatty chip after another . |
| 7 | She had already begun , surreptitiously so as not to excite Araminta 's suspicions , to scan the advertisement columns of the Morning Post . |