Example sentences of "[adv] so they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll have to go into a local hostel temporarily — but that 's only so they can check on a few things . |
| 2 | Right so they may think that , you know , they 're gon na be one of the lucky ones , presumably . |
| 3 | The historical circumstances of a text were important so that localised issues could be clarified and explained — effectively so they could be explained away . |
| 4 | So once a person becomes unconscious , remember they 've got to go to hospital because they can only get worse , right , there is n't any , enough sugar in that body to , to be able to work properly so they 'll only get worse . |
| 5 | Certificates were presented to each member of staff and a crate of wine was cracked open so they could celebrate . |
| 6 | It was not only the houses and buildings that were affected , there were also many cars and vans that had to stop their journeys and wait hoping the water start to drain away so they would be able to reach their destination . |
| 7 | If you present the letters very rapidly , just so they could only just be detected , erm you 'd find that sometimes X and Y would be confused , whereas X and P were very rarely confused . |
| 8 | If she resembles any recent First Lady at all , it must be Rosalyn Carter who liked to attend the odd cabinet meeting and who had an official lunch with Jimmy Carter each week , just so they could discuss political matters . |
| 9 | These jokes are liable to turn all your friends into a bunch of werewolves , vampires , swamp monsters and slime creatures just so they can get their own back on you . |
| 10 | Anywhere , just so they can get a good look in . |
| 11 | Just so they can have a day off or something . |
| 12 | They wanted him to like this house but he did n't , and he was n't saying so just so they 'd feel better . |
| 13 | ‘ We take the view it is better to get a partly complete story with a whisper of opportunity and get it to one or two key companies quickly so they can get out there , rather than sitting back and waiting for a nicely tailored account of what is going on which , by the time we get it to them , will be history rather than opportunity , ’ he explains . |
| 14 | They wanted him home so they could feel safe . |
| 15 | They want me home so they can feel safe . |
| 16 | Now she wants him home so they can talk about their ‘ big wedding ’ . |
| 17 | Mind you it was that early so they might not have had everything sort of on the go and stuff . |
| 18 | James had asked him to come early so they could do some work on the autobiography before dinner . |
| 19 | Although the second- and third-years do n't officially come back until next week , Puddephat 's tutees have been called back early so they can be allocated to new people quickly . |
| 20 | People buy holly early so they can make wreaths . |
| 21 | They 'd hear it th th they would n't erm they 'd know through the agent , when the ships were coming they used to make it their business to go and find out you see but today th they even got telephones on the houses now so they can call 'em out . |
| 22 | Wilsons , Samuel , Sam Smith 's erm it 's , it 's th you know , it 's they 've all brought each other up now so they can virtually get anything . |
| 23 | Maybe the boat leaks — we 'll sink , and no one knows we 're here so they wo n't even send out a search party … . |
| 24 | I almost feel I 've been sent here so they can teach me a lesson about life . |
| 25 | I wish Marie and Annie was here so they could see it . |
| 26 | ‘ Because the rope used to come down through here so they could ring it in the cloakroom . |
| 27 | Well they 've all played as well so they might remember . |
| 28 | Yeah Jane is working today so they 'll be off tomorrow |
| 29 | In fact , it was n't until after we were married I knew he wanted to go out with me ’ ) , as she is the Yanks ( ‘ American tourists talk so loudly so they can be heard above their clothes ’ ) . |
| 30 | and they 're , obviously they would be , tend to be other children with mothers then so they would like perhaps a play facility there . |