Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much that she fell on the first excuse to put some distance between them . |
| 2 | Hostel staff , poorly paid and untrained , were under pressure from the subcommittee , the school and the local community , so that they erred on the side of caution in everything , thus frustrating the pupils . |
| 3 | But she stuck her feet out sideways so that they came against the wall of the hearth . |
| 4 | I got to the changing room first and was already stripping off as the sixteen other boys in the class barged in flinging satchels and blazers everywhere and kicking their shoes off so that they landed underneath the slatted benches that ran along each wall . |
| 5 | The wind carried the shouts of the guards away from us so that they sounded like the shouts of men drowning . |
| 6 | Flexing his fingers so that they popped with the cold , he looked around tensely . |
| 7 | Dot did n't want to hurt its face so she placed her knees carefully to one side of the lamb so that they pressed into the sewn field of flowers on the edge . |
| 8 | She stood shaking , setting the flaming tresses about her quivering so that they rippled in the shafts of light broken by the barrier of trees . |
| 9 | Actual allocations to regions would gradually be adjusted over several years so that they moved towards the target allocations . |
| 10 | The masks , however , were specially constructed — made from heavy-duty , vulcanised rubber and fitted by stretching them over the actors ' heads so that they clamped underneath the nose and at the back of the crown . |
| 11 | It is thought that many of the jury became wealthy men , through bribes by both Blount and Dudley , so that they arrived at the same conclusion — a conclusion that ‘ After a searching enquiry , they could find no presumption of evil doing . ’ |
| 12 | In order to communicate with military headquarters in Moscow Russian engineers had simply diverted some of the multicore trunk circuits from the main Vienna exchange so that they terminated in the Imperial Hotel . |
| 13 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 14 | Of course Luiza should n't be paired with the lanky and very young tenor ; they 'd have to replot the run-up to that part so that she came into the ballroom with someone else . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , we ai n't letting 'er go , that 's for sure , ’ Forest told him , releasing his hold so that she crumpled to the floor . |
| 16 | Penry reached out a long arm and drew her in front of him so that she stood in the shelter of his arms as he held the wheel . |
| 17 | For suddenly Georg 's control had snapped and he pushed her hard , violently and savagely away from him so that she spun across the room , hurtled into the table , and nearly fell . |
| 18 | Without consideration he ripped the tape from her skin so that she winced with the searing pain . |
| 19 | Bragg stepped forward , so that he towered over the office manager . |
| 20 | The hairs lifted slightly on the nape of his neck and a rush of tingling spread on his scalp , then flooded his face so that he blushed in the darkness . |
| 21 | In some places there were nagging clouds of black flies , so that I climbed through the trees like a new Orestes , cursing and slapping . |
| 22 | He had raised his voice so that it carried through the babel of the many conversations at the high table , and even reached the nearest of the lesser knights below . |
| 23 | Mrs Palichuk sank onto a scarlet kitchen chair and eased off her drab grey winter coat so that it draped over the back , retaining , however , the black kerchief which modestly veiled her hair . |
| 24 | The fire dropped all round it so that it disappeared in the rolling orange and curling black . |
| 25 | Forcing her mouth into a winsome smile , Gina pronounced the greeting , so that it sounded like the English ‘ good day ’ , in accordance with the instructions of her Berlitz language guide . |
| 26 | Whilst these proposals were still before the King , the army marched on London and expelled the leading Presbyterians from the House of Commons so that it came under the control of the Independents . |
| 27 | Although there was a break in the snowfall , the wind still blew fiercely from the north , moaning round the house and whipping up the fallen snow so that it skimmed across the fields like fine powder , piling up in deep drifts where its progress was interrupted by hedgerows . |
| 28 | Her tea was getting a vigorous stirring , so that it swirled around the cup . |
| 29 | She set the glass down on the table , her hand shaking so that it rattled against the ornate white-painted metal . |
| 30 | And then , with a gasp of pure bliss , she slid very slowly down , so that it entered between the folds of her itching rosebud . |