Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] so [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I should have taken you to Calypso 's Cave , over on Gozo , ’ he added mockingly , running his hands down over her hips and closing the gap between them so that every hollow and curve came into contact with the steely wall of his legs and stomach , ‘ where the goddess Calypso managed to detain Ulysses for seven years … ’ |
| 2 | Then she took one step more towards me so that a bar of light fell across her face and I could see the angry expression on it . |
| 3 | Then I had to place the silver-coloured piece on to the needle heads with the latches open and draw the knitting towards me so that the latches closed and the knitting slid on to the silver piece . |
| 4 | They were both frightened of her , Camille noted with bitter delight : afraid she 'd upset one of them so that the other would have to intervene before the family dinner broke up with a crash of plates and a splash of blazing gravy . |
| 5 | Move it further towards you so that the threads stick to the wire and break away from the support . |
| 6 | He moved closer , reaching out to turn her face towards him so that the light glittered on the tell-tale mist on her cheeks . |
| 7 | If you MUST change something make a written note of it so that no muddles arise later . |
| 8 | If they come across pebbles too big to lift , they dig away beneath them so that the pebbles slowly sink , millimetre by millimetre . |
| 9 | He left his cocoon of warmth , closing the folds behind him so that the damp chill of the room would not invade his secret place during his absence . |
| 10 | The child needs to learn how and why to use a potty and parents may need to be encouraged to take their child to the lavatory with them so that the child can imitate what happens , have a potty around , tell the child what it is for , and encourage him or her to get used to it by sitting on it . |
| 11 | I traded with them so that the young girls of the country would no longer shrink from me in revulsion , ’ he said , and there was a lick of sensuality in the hissing voice now . |
| 12 | erm There 's always an ambivalence in the relationship between governors and schools in that , in order to have a good relationship with a head , you need to be on friendly terms with him so that the head , or her , so that the head will communicate with the governors . |
| 13 | He grabbed at the barrel and fell with it so that the power of the big man was added to his own strength . |
| 14 | Once the ink is expelled , the heat is turned off , the ink bubble contracts and a vacuum is formed in the nozzle , pulling fresh ink back into it so that the process can begin again . |
| 15 | And the slides that were then machined and put into it so that the , the , the , the arm of the , the stabilizer could slip into the water you know . |
| 16 | As Ariel 's voice reached through the darkness that had walled up Sycorax in pain , she tried to recall some of the things she had once known ; she murmured and found that when she did so Ariel stopped singing , so she tried not to remember out loud , but to save the retrieved pieces inside her so that the low , scraping voice of the girl she loved would not be interrupted . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ Artemis told the woman , moving slightly away from her so that the finger could no longer reach her chin . |
| 18 | Draw pencil lines along the ceiling 67 mm ( for 100 mm girth cove ) or 83 mm ( for 127 mm girth cove ) from the walls and parallel to them so that the lines intersect . |
| 19 | Or perhaps through erm corruption in that the landlords are paying backhanders to them so that the landlords were left in effect with more land than they ought to have been . |
| 20 | Simple arithmetic will show that if you wish the examiner to appreciate your answer you must present it to him so that the minimum time is required for reading , assessing and marking . |
| 21 | The trustees have the power to advance funds to him so that the settlement is caught by , for instance , TA 1988 , s674 . |
| 22 | Slowly he pressured her backwards , tipping her on to the cushioning softness of the bed , moving over her so that the imprint of his body burned on her like a brand . |
| 23 | The solution is to take the stake a foot ( 0.3m ) or more higher and to loop branches to it so that the head can not be turned over . |
| 24 | SECOND SCHEDULE Rights granted The tenant must make absolutely certain that there are full and sufficient rights available to it so that the premises can be enjoyed for the whole of the term for any purpose currently permitted by the lease or to which the premises may be put with the landlord 's consent . |
| 25 | A state of this task consists of a chess board , with up to eight pieces on it so that no two pieces are on a common row or file or diagonal . |
| 26 | Now this psychology , there 's absolutely loads of stuff on it so and the Maitlin book 's got quite a good coverage of it , so I 'll go over it quite quickly , alright ? |
| 27 | But these are filtered through social structures and affected by them so that the place of women in particular societies bears directly on their well-being in old age . |
| 28 | Muscles developed around them so that the front ends of the rods could be moved up and down . |