Example sentences of "so that she [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked the shopkeeper 's name so that she would know to whom to send her servant . |
| 2 | It was a rhetorical question but Elisabeth was pleased to be distracted , given an opening , so that she might contribute to the conversation . |
| 3 | Later she mastered Braille , learned to type and later took lessons from a teacher for the deaf so that she could go to school , then college and later spent her life lecturing all over the world . |
| 4 | Erm to my self respect and I just I was determined that it was n't going to happen to my daughter , so in consequence I saw that working on the side to get to get the uniform so that she could go to school in a new uniform same as all the other kids as a necessity . |
| 5 | The president , Cory Aquino , confirmed weeks of rumour on March 21st when she said that the ban on Mrs Marcos would be lifted so that she could go on trial in Manila , but only when the government had decided what to charge her with . |
| 6 | The Cutty Sark was launched in 1869 and was built for speed so that she could compete with other clipper ships in the China tea trade . |
| 7 | Harriet drove her to the local hospital as soon as the pains started in mid-afternoon and , knowing how hazardous the road back in the dark could be at this time of the year , brought an overnight bag so that she could stay at a nearby hotel . |
| 8 | And although Gramps had left her enough money for just this purpose she 'd been hoping to live cheaply so that she could stay in Ireland for at least a month , see as much of the country as she could . |
| 9 | She had been reluctant to put it away , wishing she had no other commitments so that she could continue with the next chapter and looking forward to getting down to work again the following morning . |
| 10 | I undressed her in her South Kensington hotel room and fucked her , only retreating to the safety of the street outside when she asked me to stay the night so that she could pretend to be my mother . |
| 11 | Carla took her shoes off and loosed his arm so that she could walk through the lip of foam . |
| 12 | If you read her diaries you discover that she travelled incessantly on trains and overnight trains so that she could speak at meetings the next morning . |
| 13 | She then hesitated , waiting for him to leave the office so that she could speak to her father in private , but he made no move to do so . |
| 14 | He put the handbrake on and waited for her to slip her legs across the centre console , then he lifted himself up so that she could slide under him . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're happy , ’ she said softly , tilting back her head so that she could look into his face . |
| 16 | Léonie turned her head so that she could look at Baptiste . |
| 17 | Marc 's beautiful bronze limbs weighted her down , and she squirmed surreptitiously without waking him in order to change her position so that she could look at him properly . |
| 18 | She had resigned from her ambulance unit because her own mother was ill and had rented a house outside Glasgow so that she could look after her and still be near the port when their father 's ship came in . |
| 19 | She sat forward so that she could see into the Fiesta 's wing mirror . |
| 20 | And a chain there and we used to tie her to this chain so that she could get into the box and out again , and then we used to put the cubs there first in the straw and then we used to put her there do you see . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , great , ’ she said , and she hitched up her dress so that she could get to her feet ; there was simply no elegant way of doing it . |
| 22 | Aunt Sarah would be curled up on the sofa , in guernsey and old jeans , having chased Robin and Jenny out so that she could phone in peace . |
| 23 | I am training her so that she can cook for royalty , ’ Auguste declared grandly . |
| 24 | A judge at Leeds has already granted an interim order so that she can stay with her foster parents . |
| 25 | Marielle is practising a fiddly Ravel note cluster , Katia is pouting at a portable telephone , hired so that she can keep in touch with their mother ( ‘ she is cardiac ’ ) . |
| 26 | The physiotherapist should be informed of the patient 's return to the ward so that she can assist with these activities . |
| 27 | Det Sgt Stimpson said : ‘ She searches him every time he comes home or goes out , and she keeps his bedroom bare of the usual toys and clutter so that she can see at a glance whether he has hidden any stolen property . ’ |