Example sentences of "so that [pers pn] would [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She waited on the landing a long time , hating the awful quietness and longing for them to start shouting again so that she would know everything was all right . |
| 2 | Might not some echo of it reach her mind , so that she would know someone of hers had been near ; that she had not been deserted ? |
| 3 | ‘ Other than this job , ’ she added challengingly , some perverse part of her almost wishing he would attempt to deprive her of it so that she would have something real , present and immediate to fight him for . |
| 4 | Well I think that she was trying to keep him dangling so that she 'd have somebody to fall back on if she did n't land another man . |
| 5 | He put three mugs on a tray and poured coffee so that he would have something to do when he went into the living-room . |
| 6 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |