Example sentences of "body [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter from which angle they are viewed , these statues reveal that the head and limbs counter-balance each other round a central line running through the body so that each part is one with the whole picture . |
| 2 | In The Possessed , the conspirators have enticed their victim to a dark remote spot where nothing will be seen or heard , and have done the deed and tied two heavy stones to the body so that it is sure to sink , and have carried it to a pond and thrown it in : then , ‘ With extraordinary carelessness ’ they overlook that cap which has no doubt fallen off in the struggle , and which the police will soon find . |
| 3 | Even so , it is still an important hormone and ‘ tones up ’ the body so that it can perform more efficiently during the daytime . |
| 4 | Mrs Hancock 's lawyer said that his client and Mrs Rinehart had reached a compromise over access to the body so that the funeral could go ahead . |
| 5 | His mind had become detached from his body so that he was watching himself . |
| 6 | In manual techniques it is important to position the body so that maximum leverage can be applied and so that body weight can be used to supplement muscle . |
| 7 | The colours of the Jersey are far more varied than those of most European breeds and the full range spreads from almost black to the palest greys and biscuits , with all kinds of fawns , browns , chestnuts , golds and smokes in between , sometimes broken with white , sometimes broadly whole-coloured but never solid : there is shading over the body so that the tones are generally darker on face , neck and shoulders ( especially in bulls ) , much darker on the front of the forelegs and much paler on the underparts in the typical manner of wild creatures such as deer . |
| 8 | Some organs may grow faster than the rest of the body so that their size increases not only in absolute terms , but also relatively to the rest of the body , which is positive allometry . |
| 9 | I have discovered a completeness of my mind and body so that it can work as a whole entity , instead of as a jumble of separate limbs , head and torso all working independently of one another . |
| 10 | In any case of bleeding , try to raise the affected part of the body so that the blood flows less quickly and , if it is not a severe wound that is awaiting the attention of an ambulance crew , and you are fairly mobile , try to wash the wound thoroughly before attending to it . |
| 11 | Then he lifted the body so that the blood dribbled over the stones and spilt on to the ground in front of him , where it was littered with the remains of other , older offerings — dead flowers , grains of rice and barley , a few coins . |
| 12 | Another advantage of professional-style camcorders is that they are built longer in the body so that they can he supported on the shoulder — the operator 's hands are then left to steady the front end and operate the controls . |
| 13 | He held his automatic out sideways , away from his body so that they could not aim in on its flash , and fired two shots at the left-hand headlight of the Dodge . |
| 14 | One eye shifts right round the body so that it takes up a position alongside the other . |
| 15 | They move by suddenly flexing the hinder end of their body so that they give a little skipping jump . |
| 16 | We will also help you to understand your own body so that you begin to know what your actual dietary requirements are . |
| 17 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 18 | She recognised his need , and lowered her body so that his anxious pego infiltrated deeper and deeper into her heavenly playground . |
| 19 | The Khan 's gaze started at his feet and travelled slowly up his body so that by the time their eyes met the Khan was leaning back and holding on to his knees to stop himself falling over . |
| 20 | Like every other officer cadet he had spent three weeks with every hair shaved from his body so that he could be immersed in a tank of oxygenated fluorocarbon . |
| 21 | The basic problem is that , unlike other courses in this field , they have never been given into the care and custody of a national body so that there is no established basis for recognition , either as equivalent to qualifications at a similar level in other fields or as a stage leading to higher level courses . |
| 22 | She felt the command of his hands as they moved apart her pliant thighs , the move of his body so that now he was almost there , almost hers . |
| 23 | His hand brushed down the length of her body so that she shivered , then came up to cup her breast beneath the thin cotton of her nightgown . |
| 24 | Is not it about time for the Government to move responsibility for ferry safety away from the Department of Transport to a separate , independent body so that we can be fully assured about all aspects of ferry safety , including crewing levels ? |
| 25 | Insert cocktail sticks or wooden skewers into the back of the head and use to secure the head to the body so that the nose touches the ground as if grazing . |
| 26 | A shudder ran through him at the touch of her fingers and he drew her closer , crushing her against the powerful length of his body so that she could feel his heart thundering against her breast . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'll talk later — much later … ’ he murmured softly , slipping an arm beneath her trembling body so that her breasts were lifted towards him , his lips trailing a scorching path over her quivering flesh , a deep ache gripping her loins as his mouth sought and found the hard swollen peaks of her breasts . |
| 28 | ‘ How else are we going to find the body now that those buggers have pinched it ? ’ demanded Owen . |
| 29 | When you get angry you pump all sorts of different chemicals around your body and they do n't do your body any good that 's for sure , you know you get the adrenalin that starts making everything well making the blood move faster heart beat faster you get other chemicals ready and if those chemicals are n't used properly or if something does n't happen and it uses those particular chemicals and they 're left inside the body then that causes eventually physical illness in some sort of physical wearing of some sort or another , so gradually just the opposite of this where you 're you 're not internalising your throwing it out , but there 's a hell of a lot in there that 's been stored up there and bottled up there before it throws out , and when you do tend to be aggressive it 's not because you 're being aggressive on purpose it 's because it 's just something that just happens and wells up when you get to a particular point and whoosh out it comes . |