Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony and I get up as quickly as we can , brushing the snow free from clothes before putting them on so that it will not melt with the heat from our bodies . |
| 2 | She groped around for her panties and shorts , ducking her head to put them on so that he would n't see the tears gathering in the corners of her eyes . |
| 3 | Bring them in so that they share the unpopularity but do n't give them enough power to change anything . ’ |
| 4 | Some sort of clip to hold them in so that erm |
| 5 | He waved me through so that I did n't even have to slow . |
| 6 | With every approach , try to get into the habit of thinking ahead about the height of he final turn and to become familiar with the idea of using the airbrakes to bring you down so that the final turn is not too high . |
| 7 | It just slows you down so that there are no longer enough hours in the day , and then some things get put off and other things are only half-completed and you 're told you need help — an assistant priest , no less , to concentrate , as the Bishop with his unfailing instinct for the wrong word put it , on ‘ the donkey work ’ ( well , perhaps after all I was only a beast of burden , Father McGiff conceded ) to give you ‘ a chance to relax , take life more easily , think a bit more , pray a bit more , meditate ’ . |
| 8 | " You 'll be a most excellent wife and I shall fatten you up so that you never swoon again . |
| 9 | It was so crowded they had to unlace the side-flaps of the enormous tent and raise them up so that people could sit outside the tent , down the sides , and though we could n't see him very well , we heard him . |
| 10 | well we always had entertained friends but we 'd never been in a position to put them up so that erm most of our friendly visits were from people who did n't live very far from us , it meant that families , nieces , nephews etcetera were difficult to accommodate because they had to sleep on a couch or a settee in the living room with all its diff difficulties , especially when it meant in the morning for breakfast you had to get them up and dressed before you could start thinking about breakfast , and I think that those sort of things are things that er people ought to take into consideration when thinking about new housing . |
| 11 | er if you 've got formulae , when you set them up , you should set them up so that you can copy them . |
| 12 | This set me up so that , when the lease expired , I found backers to move one . |
| 13 | The studio was shaded with heavy blue curtains and as he drew them back so that she could see to read more easily , a shaft of sunlight struck across her hair . |
| 14 | He picked up the papers he had discarded and laid them out so that he could check his own reports while Coy spoke to him . |
| 15 | She had taken them out so that she could read the labels on the other bottles — and for super-safe keeping she had locked them in my drawer while she went through all the tablets looking for the ones she wanted . |
| 16 | Only it holds onto the hairs so much that it rips them out so that you end up with legs with no hairs on it but ah ! |
| 17 | She twined her arms so tightly round his neck that he almost choked , pulling him down so that he overbalanced and fell on top of her . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Then they used water mixed with vinegar in a syringe to rinse the cavity clear , sitting her up so that the residue could run out through her nose . |
| 20 | He turned over on his back and drew her up so that her head lay on his shoulder . |
| 21 | and I wound her up so that she were n't too sure , do you know what I mean ? |
| 22 | Marcus pulled Pat up by the shoulders , pulling him up so that his head was higher , and Moxie thrust the pillow in behind him . |
| 23 | She glanced irritably at the waiter , barely resisting the urge , it seemed , to hurry him up so that her companion could continue . |
| 24 | His palms were sweating , his forehead was wet and itching , he felt shivery , his voice was shaky and his heart was beating fast ; they were cooking , him with the Microwave Gun , bathing him in its evil radiations , heating him up so that he broke out in a lathering sweat and looked like a nervous kid . |
| 25 | I picked him up gently , just to move him back so that I could look into the box … |
| 26 | They brought him out so that he could denounce her in person . |
| 27 | That she would you know throw him out so that she could just could n't tolerate him any more . |
| 28 | Folding her against him , he gave a long sigh , then moved her back so that he could look into her face . |
| 29 | But somehow , damn him , he was too quick for her ; somehow , with catlike reflexes , he had manoeuvred her around so that now he had hold of her arms and she felt herself falling backwards , and in a moment there she was in front of him , floundering in the stagnant , smelly water . |
| 30 | He grabbed Rohmer by the arm and swung him around so that he was forced to look him in the face . |