Example sentences of "[adv prt] so that [pron] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 With the scarf joint such breakages were minimised since the headstock section was grafted on so that its grain ran parallel with the neck 's pitch .
2 She had drawn one leg up so that her thigh hid the base of her bellA from his view .
3 He turned over on his back and drew her up so that her head lay on his shoulder .
4 I kept seeing her slamming into the car , and lying in the road , and then I saw all those black nuns floating round her and lifting her up so that her head lolled back , and I was there , wanting to say I was sorry , and her eyes were open and blank and staring right through me .
5 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 .
6 His power fist was locked in wreckage … as Juron swung the body of the Emperor about so that its carapace faced the fury of the surviving Warlords .
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