Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] that [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |
| 2 | The other is to disperse them so that their unwanted presence may be put more or less out of sight ’ ( p. 280 ) . |
| 3 | Place the horses inside the stable holes , securing them with royal icing and positioning them so that their heads peep out over the doors . |
| 4 | They flung themselves on him , yanked his legs back , crossing them so that his knees splayed out . |
| 5 | Vary them so that your customers do n't get used to your routine . |
| 6 | It is hard to portray them so that your readers will know who is who each time one of them appears . |
| 7 | We appear to be selfish , cynical creatures ; our greatest ambition in relation to rules of behaviour is to get other people to obey them so that our own cheating is even more productive . |
| 8 | But he stopped , adjusted himself so that his cock lay comfortably upright against his stomach , and made himself walk on ; he knew his spirit grew stronger on retention , that he sapped his vital energies when he jerked off . |
| 9 | And she only learnt from somebody else that her father had been executed . |
| 10 | I 'm not sure exactly where they 're stored , but Tiare told me once that her father ’ — that sounded an odd description of Gauguin — ‘ had given her mother instructions on how to protect them . |
| 11 | The po solution is to move the factory upstream of itself so that its effluent is drawn into its intake . |
| 12 | The owner of the Wight Mouse Inn will tell you jokingly that his sign actually means ‘ most children welcome ’ . |
| 13 | If you do not already have a Midland Current Account , you will need to open one so that your monthly repayments can be set up . |
| 14 | WHAT MAN WILL MARRY THEM NOW THAT THEIR LIVES HAVE BEEN RUINED ? |
| 15 | I WAS shocked to receive this morning a letter from AI in an envelope bearing the question : ‘ What man will marry them now that their lives have been ruined ? ’ |
| 16 | It seems to me often that her husband is kinder and more thoughtful . |
| 17 | Oh , it was good food , Sally-Anne thought gratefully , tucking into it , beginning to enjoy herself now that her ordeal was over , and was happy to sit there with Dr Neil who was also enjoying his supper , by his expression . |
| 18 | And then I began to become very worried about it and it just happened by chance that one Friday morning I heard a programme on Radio Brighton , and it was Doctor Wisbey speaking about dyslexia , and it dawned on me immediately that my son was dyslexia . |
| 19 | It occurred to her hazily that her own condition was like that of a bulb she had once seen when the power had been suddenly cut down and the light had dimmed to the faintest red glow in the filament . |
| 20 | Both Kiku and Turakina had insisted on riding and , as they galloped along the borders of the cornfields which supplied the Kha-Khan 's granaries , Turakina 's unbound hair streamed out behind her so that her whole head appeared to be on fire . |
| 21 | He had reached over and was gripping her shoulder with his left hand , holding her so that her face was close to his . |
| 22 | Glowing now after her exercise , she sat down on the rock and pulled her skirts over her knees , hugging them to her so that her chin could rest there while she gazed . |
| 23 | A sudden deep misery welled up inside her so that her shorthand outlines blurred on the page . |
| 24 | Its beauty awed her so that her thanks were quiet and almost reverent . |
| 25 | Her feet went ; she scrambled and sat down , dragging him with her so that his body stooped in a low bow like some subservient courtier . |
| 26 | That he wanted her uncle to kill him so that her uncle would be damned . |
| 27 | She wanted to run her fingers through his hair , wanted to nuzzle her nose and chin into his neck , wanted to know the texture of his cheek and jaw , wanted to kiss him so that her lips never forgot the shape of his . |
| 28 | Hurriedly she forced herself to pay attention , surreptitiously edging away from him so that her arm no longer brushed against his every time he moved . |
| 29 | Wexford took hold of his jacket roughly , pushing him so that his head jerked up . |
| 30 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |