Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [vb mod] [verb] on " in BNC.
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1 | Roger suddenly launched into this discussion about how they 'd identified the need for someone to join the team with a view to becoming a main board member ; this person would effectively release him from a lot of the day-to-day public company responsibilities and the accounting , reporting and auditing areas , so that he could focus on being part of the entrepreneurial team , organising financing and liaising with the City . |
2 | Recalling , though , how on the drive to Karlovy Vary she had decided against bombarding him with questions so that he could concentrate on his driving , Fabia , with some reluctance , faced the fact that that was the only course to follow . |
3 | But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent . |
4 | Maybe he chose his species so that he could lie on his rug , punning and camouflaged ) ? |
5 | It was very restful and he 'd moved his furniture around so that he could lie on his bed and look at the view . |
6 | He does n't believe in Arnold Bros but he likes to think Arnold Bros exists just so that he can go on not believing in him . |
7 | The patient may be placed on his stomach on the floor , and taught how to come up onto all fours , and then to kneel up , so that he can walk on his knees to a chair . |
8 | Brian Rowe has relinquished his role as Eastern Counties Field Officer so that he can concentrate on developing the Salt Cellar as a joint churches enterprise in Sudbury . |
9 | But he floated into the midst of a sea of water stretching as far as he could discern on every side around him . |
10 | The cultural budget , which stood at FFr3 billion in 1981 , is now FFr13 billion ( £1.3 billion ; $2.3 billion ) thirteen years later , precisely because he could count on the unconditional support of President Mitterrand , who is not only an acknowledged lover of both the arts and literature , but also requires an element of grandeur to be orchestrated and injected into large-scale projects ( see p.12 ) . |