Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Doushan was so cast down that his moustaches drooped to his shoulders . |
| 2 | He reversed the truck so that its winch poked over the edge of the drop . |
| 3 | If the sun is shining the focal length can be measured just as easily as for a converging lens : the lens is held so that its shadow falls on a sheet of paper . |
| 4 | She saw how the dark room had filled with transparent figures who marched along the walls singing and mocking , who wrapped themselves around her so that she was suffocated in their embrace , then turned to broken bricks and choking mortar dust which cascaded in torrents on to her , flattening her to the bed so that her limbs ached with pain and she could n't move . |
| 5 | Primaflora rose and bestowed herself naturally , so that her skirts fell with grace . |
| 6 | Outside the doorway , she paused , took a deep breath , and made the sort of entrance she 'd sworn she 'd never make again , her stride long and sensual , her head back so that her hair moved against her bare shoulders , her mouth curved into a soft , sexy smile . |
| 7 | Felicity flung herself down on the sacrificial stone , opening wide her legs , arching her back , so that her pudendum rose in the air like some nocturnal flower . |
| 8 | He turned over on his back and drew her up so that her head lay on his shoulder . |
| 9 | Delight , like some hidden spring deep inside , came bubbling and leaping , so that her blood danced with it , and her mind became intoxicated . |
| 10 | The terror bound her chest so that her breath came in the short , dry , painful gasps of a dying asthmatic . |
| 11 | She was swung round forcefully , so that her breath gasped from her body , then with equal force she was flung against the door . |
| 12 | She bit her bottom lip , brought her arms together at her chest so that her hands met at her mouth . |
| 13 | They came to her one by one : Brendan , Shane , Rhett , Niall and Roger , and she was hugged and kissed by each in turn , so that her cheeks burned from the scrubbing of their coarse beards . |
| 14 | An important first step was to include these hospitals in the budgets of the regional health authorities , so that their claims had to be considered alongside everyone else 's . |
| 15 | Both were essayists rather than scholars , belonging to an age before English studies had accumulated its own technical machinery ; so that their freedom to polemicise about past centuries now looks , in retrospect , like a liberty lost . |
| 16 | Sometimes as they fly , they tilt their bodies so that their tails dip into the water , and beat a further few strokes , renewing their impetus and extending their flight . |
| 17 | Then the sun put forth all his power ; he blazed and scorched , he struck down upon the princess 's soldiers so that their helmets turned to molten brass on their heads , and their swords melted like candles in their hands . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , but I 'm not ! ’ began Meredith and Markby at the same time exclaimed , ‘ She is n't ! ’ so that their denials chimed in unison . |
| 19 | Then when you swing hard at his foot , he lifts it so that your sweep passes underneath it . |
| 20 | Believe me , when you are hungry , really hungry , so that your stomach clings to your backbone , nothing is more tasty than a succulent rat or a well-roasted leg of cat ! ] |
| 21 | For instance , Susan Trangmar 's slide installation can not be fully seen from the margins , but the act of walking to the centre of the four projector installation involves passing one of the projectors so that your shadow passes across the image . |
| 22 | Remove any dust and grime so that your plants benefit from all the available light . |
| 23 | He told His disciples that He was the vine and they were the branches , so that His life flowed in their lives , His life flows in our lives . |
| 24 | bangs him upstairs so that his boots bang against the stairs at every step , he has n't time to put his feet down ! |
| 25 | My attention had been so far away and the dog had timed his jump to a split second so that his bark came at the highest point , his teeth only inches from my face . |
| 26 | Ken smiled at Molly , retracting his top lip so that his teeth seemed to be aimed directly at her . |
| 27 | Squeezing away so that his biceps shifted in his sleeve , he asked ‘ so , Rog , what 's going down the chute ? ’ |
| 28 | They went for him then , Alexander and Donald McLaggan , the Duke 's two sons , dragged him from his father 's side so that his head bounced on the steps , lifted him bleeding , like foresters keeping a dying deer clear of the hounds , and started to carry him down to the river ‘ just to cool him off ’ but Cameron ran and gripped Donald 's shoulder and shouted , ‘ If you injure an officer it is treason on top of sedition , ’ so they carried him back and laid him carefully at his father 's feet . |
| 29 | The Feldwebel bounced up and down with laughter so that his hat fell off the back of his head and even the officer allowed himself a smile . |
| 30 | Luke smiled calmly back at her , crossing his long legs under the table so that his knee brushed against hers . |