Example sentences of "[noun sg] so that i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd go to the SS Great Britain and sit by the breezy river , and I 'd compose my stupid self and compose my story so that I could tell lies confidently instead of giving myself away . |
| 2 | I would like to fit a built-in dual-fuel hob in my kitchen so that I can cook with both gas and electricity . |
| 3 | When a kestrel I was looking after died recently , I put it in the freezer so that I can use it for ‘ spares ’ if necessary . |
| 4 | So that basically is it how would we see the course 's structure I do n't think we 've got time to do that today I wanted really to just to throw some ideas with you good folks and get the benefit of your thoughts and experience so that I could go back to Napier and say this is what my committee says |
| 5 | I know many children and I enjoy looking after them I plan to do this for my career as I have applied to Suffolk College for a place in the Nursery Nursing course so that I can go on to be a Nanny . |
| 6 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
| 7 | I catapulted the tiny beasts across the creek and into the mud on the far side so that I could have funerals . |
| 8 | She was talking very softly and I yelled at her ‘ Do please talk so that I can understand you ’ in a very irritated voice . |
| 9 | At one time my major ambition was to have my father buy me an excavator so that I could make really big dams . |
| 10 | Later I put one on the wall of my study so that I could watch these changes in my appearance . |
| 11 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can present it to the Parish Council at their next meeting on 27th August . |
| 12 | I should be grateful for a prompt reply so that I can report on this to the next meeting of the Parish Council on 16th July . |
| 13 | I get into a No Smoking carriage and , since the station interior is rather dark , switch on a light so that I can read Berlioz . |
| 14 | I suggested that it might be a good idea to get it in midsummer so that I could get plenty of practice in before the skiddy weather set in , but he thought there might be too much tourist traffic going through the town and on the roads around it in the middle of the summer . |
| 15 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 16 | A year later , I received a letter inviting me to lunch so that I could come and see his garden . |
| 17 | Enough work so that I could enjoy it but not so much work that I would be fed up . |
| 18 | I pulled a corner of the curtain away from the window so that I could see out . |
| 19 | I would like some clarification on this issue so that I can pass it on . |
| 20 | It was great to be working in one place for a few nights on the trot so that I could afford to go to that amount of trouble . ’ |
| 21 | I 'm just going to put a rem statement in my autoexec which copies your prompt so that I can use it later . |
| 22 | How could I phrase the question so that I could distinguish between free choice and manipulative coercion ? |
| 23 | I reached the desolate head of the valley ( few flowers here ) and decided to attempt a crossing to the other side of the beck so that I could return by the path descending from Black Sail Pass . |
| 24 | I mean , I 'll get a box sent to me and it might get one spin at home so that I can relax , sort of wipe my brow knowing it does n't jump , the quality 's good and it 's loud enough … ’ |
| 25 | One such person was John Curran , a producer at ITN , who had already demonstrated his kindness by giving me an answering machine so that I could screen any calls from the press . |
| 26 | And that 's something we must do before the next meeting so that I can answer the questions , cos we do n't really know at this moment . |
| 27 | I put the receiver down for a moment so that I could take two hands to the strawboard . |
| 28 | ‘ She 's having a short stay in hospital at the moment so that I can have a holiday . |
| 29 | At gym lessons I needed to organise my changing routine so that I could take off my outdoor shoes , slip my feet immediately into my gym shoes and , even before I tied my gym-shoe laces , put my outdoor shoes into my satchel hoping that they would stay there throughout the lesson . |
| 30 | One o'clock — after lunch my mother shows me how to make a cake so that I can have it for tea . |