Example sentences of "her [noun sg] so as " in BNC.
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1 | Clive 's favourite , perfectly serious , leitmotif was : ‘ We 're a top team , are n't we ! ’ until Jane felt she 'd scream if he said it once more , and ordered breakfast in her room so as to avoid him first thing in the morning , at least . |
2 | She asked him to come to her room so as not to overhear any more , and then they went downstairs in an express lift : a glass-and-gilt beetle that hurtled the twenty-eight floors in nine and a half seconds . |
3 | She experimented , twisting her body so as to unwind the air line . |
4 | Her clothing moulds itself to her body so as to reveal or to promise as much of the delights within as it conceals ; it too includes silk , soft to the touch ( 3235 ) and the fresh warm taste of morning milk ( 3236 ) . |
5 | When Greg returned with the snowball , Margaret Seymour-Strachey had shifted her position so as to be better shielded from the rest of the Saloon Bar , and it was clear that she had not managed to get control over herself , for she was now sobbing away quietly . |