Example sentences of "her [noun pl] so [that] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slowly she discovered tricks of the trade such as weighting her hems so that they did n't blow up in a breeze and she gradually acquired a coterie of designers , including Catherine Walker , David Sassoon and Victor Edelstein , whom she now relies upon . |
| 2 | She swayed to and fro ; she almost slipped down onto the ground beside the dead queen in the mud but Finn kept hold of her no matter how hard she struck at him , lightly clasping her shoulders so that she would not fall . |
| 3 | Robyn gripped the fountain until her knuckles whitened and spoke with a great deal of effort , concentrating on forming her words so that they did n't sound slurred . |
| 4 | Competence in teaching means having sufficient insight into the teacher 's own weaknesses , strengths and preferences to enable her to adapt her methods so that she is comfortable in using them . |
| 5 | Her happiness because of this scene was so strong she closed her eyes so that it would not beam out in great mellow streams and betray her to the sternness of the others . |
| 6 | Then he deliberately looked back to meet her eyes so that she would know that he had made a decision With a slight lift of his shoulders , he accepted his decision . |
| 7 | A second later she had fallen to the ground , her hair covering her eyes so that she had only a vague impression of the man bending over her . |
| 8 | Lyn took one of the gravel paths into the grounds of the general hospital , walking towards the sun that dazzled her eyes so that she screwed them up against it . |
| 9 | She moved across to the window , cupping one hand over her eyes so that she could see out , but there was little to see . |
| 10 | She closed her eyes so that she would n't have to look at him . |
| 11 | The beginning , a long time ago , was quite clear : sitting up in bed at home , swinging her feet round to the floor , standing up — and a warm flood spilling down her legs so that she cried out in fright . |
| 12 | She was ashamed of her sharpness , but the heat seemed to penetrate her brain , taking over her senses so that she was no longer in control . |
| 13 | A woman who is generally satisfied will organize her days so that she is not overcome by the many demands on her time . |
| 14 | She put the hairbrush down and began to pull hideous faces in the glass , pulling the corners of her eyes down with her forefingers and squashing her nose up with her thumbs so that she looked like an insane pug dog . |
| 15 | She was allowed to continue with her mending — she did not know that we had spread a thick layer of gum upon the chair and was surprised at the alacrity with which we saw to all her needs so that she should never move . |
| 16 | Rain streaked her cheeks so that he was unable to tell whether she was weeping . |
| 17 | Not only that , but each cuckoo pigments her eggs so that they roughly match those of her host . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , do n't be boring , Robyn ! ’ he mumbled , and then , before she could get up , do anything , he was pushing all his weight against her , pressing her back against the bed , half lying across her , holding her wrists so that she had no way of fighting him off . |
| 19 | His arms came around her and she pressed willingly into them , lifting her chin and stretching up on her toes so that he did not have to bend so far towards her . |
| 20 | His leg thrust into the volume of her skirts so that it was hard against her pelvis , and even through the multitude of petticoats she could feel the hard , rigid evidence of his ungovernable arousal as he straddled her thigh . |
| 21 | Further back , Judi had envied Anne her college boyfriend , had always tried to impress and amuse the older girl , had briefly tried to copy her clothes and food preferences , had longed to be asked to share her toys so that she could express her devotion through generosity . |
| 22 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 23 | A wife 's role is to nurture this Izzat and bring up her children so that they too understand and respect it . |
| 24 | She achieves birth , instead , by bracing her body against the ground with her forelegs and then inflating her lungs so that they swell into her abdomen and squeeze the young out by pneumatic pressure . |
| 25 | If she went out it was at night and she would arrange her veils so that they covered her face four times . |
| 26 | Therefore I 'm afraid were going to have to pass Sue 's book around , we 'll leave the lights on and erm she 's changed the scripture of her talks so that she will be describing the picture why 'll its been passed round and could you please sort of pass it fairly quickly , I 'll be at the back and then I 'll come down into the front again , is there anyone who 's a poet ? |
| 27 | When he was completely naked , Hilary stood quietly before him , a well of excitement spreading from her groin to her breasts so that they tingled painfully . |
| 28 | Eventually he falls asleep , one arm outflung across her breasts so that she does not dare move it for fear of waking him , and , constricted , can not sleep herself . |
| 29 | I was fascinated to see a friend train her horses so that she could pick up and clean out front and hind feet from the same side , working in order of near fore , off fore , near hind , off hind . |