Example sentences of "that i [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I screwed up my eyes against the dazzle , trying to see the creature so that I might describe it to Crispin , it vanished . |
| 2 | The possibility that I might starve myself to death was never raised : instead I was scolded for looking like a scarecrow , and my mother told me that she was ashamed to be seen with me . |
| 3 | Even if it landed on time , I would have the four-hour journey to Hull and it was unlikely that I would make it to the funeral . |
| 4 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 5 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 6 | Give me the Lady Fand , that I may bear her to a fitting place . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I will buy it , so that I may have you to myself . ’ |
| 8 | Indeed it was one of the most shocking stories of police corruption and legal incompetence I had ever read , and believing that I had the ability to rectify it , I decided , whatever my other commitments , that I must bring it to public notice as soon as possible . |
| 9 | I have a man , quite as terrifying as myself , and I will send him to tell your aunt that you are quite safe and that I will restore you to her by nightfall . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Erm here I 've got some formulae calculating production figures er we 've got different quarters formulae found are somewhat similar er there 's a so that I can copy one to any of the other adjacent cells outside will work I do n't have to edit the formula or do anything to it soon as I copy it , it 's alright for that cell . |
| 12 | ‘ The closest thing that I can compare it to is the film . |
| 13 | I am now trying , in vain , to uuencode the files so that I can send them to anyone who wants them thro' mail . |
| 14 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't get you to come down here , Bella , so that I could escort you to bloody parties . |
| 16 | From a letter written so that I could read it to Basil before he came home from hospital : |
| 17 | We are working to achieve an agreement at Maastricht in December , but it must be an agreement that I could make in the confident expectation that I could commend it to the House . |
| 18 | I set up another three Slammers , pouring the lime juice and tequila together so that I could cut mine to about half the strength I was giving them . |
| 19 | And [ wa ] others felt a similar shock at my intention to talk about political jokes relating to contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and suggested that I should confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 20 | It brought me up against the fact that I 'd like him to be better off so I could have more options . |