Example sentences of "[verb] so [conj] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think you 'll have to , ’ said Fenella , who found the idea completely appalling , but who was trying to be practical and sensible and make it sound safe for them to go so that they could get Nuadu . |
| 2 | I should think so cos you could run off with the machine . |
| 3 | Well I do n't think so cos you 'd feel like homosexual desires who does n't get any thrills so I do n't clitoris . |
| 4 | In fact we have n't got you down for a paper at all in this class yet I do n't think so if you 'd like to do one for us you can see me about it afterwards . |
| 5 | I would think so as I would have think so . |
| 6 | It will be videoed , to se you 'll make two applications within that small group session and a second will be videoed but only for you to see so that you can take it away and try and learn from er seeing yourself on video . |
| 7 | The local authorities need to know now how the standard spending assessments will be calculated so that they can make definite financial plans . |
| 8 | And guilds were formed so that they could trade these garments around the country and eventually around Europe . |
| 9 | It is not until later ( perhaps mid 30s ) that their domestic commitments change so that they can start to return to work . |
| 10 | It seems to me that he ca n't be that unhappy because he 's currently managing twelve vacancies deliberately , in order to produce underspend so that he can re-surface his car park , maintain privileged restaurants for his erm , senior officers , chauffeur driven car for himself and build a new hangar for his helicopter . |
| 11 | Then her mother would graciously conduct half an hour of polite conversation with all these people , who Jo knew were otherwise pretty cool and mostly also pretty sane , and they would all pretend to be interested in whatever dumb thing she said , and laugh if she made any of her awful little jokes and store away any personal information she disclosed so that they could tell it to their friends the next day and make it absolutely clear that they were on intimate terms with a really big star . |
| 12 | It is better for both partners to attend so that they can discuss the issue and fully appreciate its implications . |
| 13 | The architecture of triticale was altered so that it would grow shorter ; in this way more photosynthetic effort would go into seed production rather than stems . |
| 14 | Not for Lexandro the dubious privilege of being surgically altered so that he could operate a lathe more speedily ! |
| 15 | And if people mention obstructions I 'll make sure I find out exactly what they mean so that I can identify the threshold of the runway correctly . |
| 16 | If , nevertheless , your job does come under threat , perhaps because you suffer disablement which makes fulfilling your original job description very difficult , it may be worth urging your employer to consider whether your duties can be revised so that you can cope and continue to make a worthwhile contribution to the success of the business . |
| 17 | He 's a very bright man , Michael Howard , but it 's quite clear that he 's much more concerned with grabbing the headlines and finding scapegoats , than with taking action through law that will actually improve the chance , both of preventing crime and of detecting crime , and then even more so , deterring people from re-offending , and it 's most distressing to see that when research showed that a particular non-custodial method of punishment is effective in perhaps fifty or seventy or eighty percent of cases , whereas prison is not , he goes for prison , he goes for picking on squatters , he goes for picking on the defendants right to silence so that we can see more people like er , jailed when they were innocent . |
| 18 | They were sitting at an outside table in one of the corner cafés of the Ataba el Khadra , out of reach of the traffic but strategically placed so that they could watch not only all the interesting things that went on in the square but also the more sophisticated exchanges which went on between tourist and native in Musky Street . |
| 19 | The timetable is arranged so that they can sample as wide a range of dance styles and theatre skills as possible . |
| 20 | It 's fantastic ; the lighting is arranged so that you 'd think it was daylight down there . |
| 21 | Her maids were unfolding her cloak , and the page who held her boots was kneeling so that she could put her feet into them . |
| 22 | This type of notice filing is intended to be simple , inexpensive and expeditious and to put persons on notice that a charge has been registered so that they can take whatever steps they consider appropriate to protect their interests . |
| 23 | The president , Cory Aquino , confirmed weeks of rumour on March 21st when she said that the ban on Mrs Marcos would be lifted so that she could go on trial in Manila , but only when the government had decided what to charge her with . |
| 24 | ‘ We need to let our members know that this is happening so that they can check out their own individual situation and we need to write to the regional council to find the basis for banding of agricultural housing here , ’ he said . |
| 25 | If you know of anyone interested in training , please let us know so that we can send them the details . |
| 26 | We need to hear from the local churches , from the district councils what 's going on wha what the issues that concern you are so let's as well the ones that you see downstairs , we may already be addressing so have a look down there have a look at the , the information but if there are any issues you feel we ought to be addressing then please let us know so that we can put them on our agenda . |
| 27 | Ten of that eleven people in the last two weeks , sort of , complaining about but they do n't always let me know so that I can document it , that 's the problem . |
| 28 | It is a sign of the nervousness around Europe that when the Irish asked a week ago for the treaty negotiations to be reopened so that they could amend the abortion protocol , other countries reacted with horror . |
| 29 | It was just one of these regular lunch-parties he has so that he can keep in touch with people he would n't otherwise meet . |
| 30 | He also showed his inexperience by asking Gerry Gomez , his captain , if he could be substituted so that he could go to the airport to meet his sister . |