Example sentences of "[adj] so [conj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought you were going to put that low so that if so that if this did pick it up er it did n't make any difference . |
| 2 | Keep your conscience clear so that when you are insulted , those who speak evil of your good conduct as followers of Christ will be ashamed of what they say . |
| 3 | Some , it was said , even put out silk weighed damp so that when the finished stockings were weighed dry they could claim a deficiency . |
| 4 | This means that total injections will also be autonomous so that when plotted against income on a graph , we have a horizontal straight line . |
| 5 | There is a story about the man who painted half his car black and the other half white so that if he was involved in an accident he could enjoy hearing the witnesses contradict each other . |
| 6 | Malcolm Storry 's bullet-headed Aufidius is not simply a rude barbarian but an acute analyst of Coriolanus 's character : Mr Storry has the priceless gift of making the language tangible so that when he says ‘ I think he 'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish ’ the image comes resonantly alive . |
| 7 | I want him sent home and put to bed feeling good so that when he gets to me in the mornings , he 's feeling good ’ . |
| 8 | Their udders dropped and their teats became larger and more pendulous so that when they lay down in their stalls the vital milk-producing organ was pushed away to one side into the path of the neighbouring animals . |
| 9 | And then after that we have some soothing gel put on the eyebrow so that , the skin is slightly pink so that when you actually have a , erm , an eyebrow trim , the soothing gel takes away the pinkness . |
| 10 | ‘ They acted out the robbery in full so that when it came to describing it to everyone , to police , and to insurance investigators , they would be able to describe it in perfect detail . ’ |
| 11 | Ca n't you imagine it ; ‘ I wonder how quickly the church at Philippi , the church at Whitestone , will realise that God 's resources are limitless so that when God gives according to His riches , there are no limits to what can happen ! ’ |
| 12 | For all that he could be expected to stay in the Lorrimores , car for at least fifteen more minutes I felt decidedly jittery , and I left the door open so that if he did come back unexpectedly I could say I was merely checking that everything was in order . |
| 13 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected on Pertini 's portrait . |
| 14 | He watched Geraci walk all the way down the corridor before going back to his office , leaving the connecting door open so that if anyone came in he could see them reflected in Pertinis portrait . |
| 15 | The South American porcupines ( below , left ) may not look as impressive as the great crested species from Africa ( below , right ) but their quills are sharply barbed so that once they have entered a predator 's flesh they can not easily be removed . |