Example sentences of "[adv] that i [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expected you to come after me , I prayed you would so that I would know for sure that you really wanted me , but you did n't . |
| 2 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 3 | Arriving at the podium to a standing ovation , Jesse asked for the house lights to be raised — ‘ so that I may speak unto the people ’ . |
| 4 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 5 | I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can . |
| 6 | I have not yet beckoned to her so that she will come running to me , so that I shall lie with her today and tonight and tomorrow , and for a great many tomorrows . |
| 7 | Please could you tell me something about this fish , such as how large will it get , so that I can prepare for rehousing it ? |
| 8 | In time these three will form a screen so that I can arrange for a complete change of scenery on either side . |
| 9 | So that I can go through my designs and make quite certain that there is not one collar , not one cuff detail , not the slightest influence that they could accuse me of copying from them . |
| 10 | I would like to fit a built-in dual-fuel hob in my kitchen so that I can cook with both gas and electricity . |
| 11 | ‘ I am to marry Sofia so that I can bask in the glow of her — her kitten-love — ’ |
| 12 | If you are a Duannian , or know anyone else who is , please write to me , so that I can communicate in time for Reunion 1991 . |
| 13 | Your face is so beautiful , I 'm thinking of finding a mask for it so that I can get through the day … |
| 14 | ‘ Well , Maisie 's father wants us to live up yonder , so that I can get into t'road of running t'farm . |
| 15 | If you would like to provide banking services to Nether Wyresdale Parish Council would you please send me details and terms by 15th March so that I can report to the meeting of the Parish Council on 2nd April 1992 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Keith Thomas pressed a button and a huge door clanked upwards so that I could peer into the heart of the furnace . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | How could I phrase the question so that I could distinguish between free choice and manipulative coercion ? |
| 21 | I picked him up gently , just to move him back so that I could look into the box … |
| 22 | However , I felt we still needed more trials so that I could prove without doubt that my inch loss theory worked . |
| 23 | I was an insatiable reader , and whenever I did visit Father at one of his shops , I invariably managed to wheedle a couple of batteries out of him — so that I could read in bed under the bedclothes . |
| 24 | As for the little animals , the gerbils , white mice and hamsters , they had to die their muddy little ploppy deaths so that I could get to the Skull of Old Saul . |
| 25 | Just as I was trying to find a hole in the hedge , so that I could get into the next field , I saw another giant coming towards me . |
| 26 | The battery was for a camping weekend — so that I could see at night . |
| 27 | As agreed , he swung a punch to my chin so that I should rise in an elegant arc of slow motion to fall sprawled in a dramatic contortion on the bar room floor . |
| 28 | not really feeling the need for a conversation , wishing only that I could stay on this bench with him forever . |
| 29 | I thought that it was right that I should talk to you , try and build a better picture of Michael . ’ |
| 30 | It 's just that I 'd like to be doing more outside work . |