Example sentences of "so that you [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless it all sounded pretty convincing , so much so that you came out wondering whether that persistent zit on your face was n't the result of bad diet , but actually something implanted by alien beings , determined for their own mysterious purposes to make you suffer the social embarrassment of a bad complexion . |
| 2 | Every time you put some plant material in a book or press , you must have an efficient way of knowing the date on which you pressed those particular items , so that you know when to remove them . |
| 3 | Was he one of those people who told jokes with a perfectly straight face so that you did n't know if it was a joke or not ? |
| 4 | Because A you 're not wasting the time , you 're not worrying about the post sort , you 're getting the stuff quicker , you 've got the thing logged in and logged out erm so to , to a great extent , I mean er we should be ab I personally think that we should actually s be trying s we should be expecting to see an advantage but let's just take that as as , as , as neutral so that you have n't got a er a worsening situation and you have n't taken adva taken advantage of any |
| 5 | Now if you notice Carol 's movements , they are always in a an upward direction and the reason for this is so that you do n't drag the skin , so when you 're whatever you 're doing with your face , whe , when you 're cleansing , toning , and moisturize , always try and keep the movements going up because you do n't want to stretch the face , you do n't want to make any any loose skin any looser than it is |
| 6 | Try using ‘ I ’ statements so that you do n't blame your partner . |
| 7 | ‘ Um — is that putting patients in order of priority as they come in so that you do n't leave people to bleed to death because they 're at the end of the queue ? ’ |
| 8 | They are fools and liars and will tell you that everyone is entitled to his own opinion , except they will probably say ‘ his or her , ’ so that you do n't feel left out , being a young , firm , tanned and bouncy woman with a mind of fathomlessly inventive depravity , even if you do n't know it yet . |
| 9 | But when yo when you walk in the door , I mean , first Stuart knew so he that 's why he took me in , and we walk in and there 's a head waiter would you like a table for two sir would you like a non smoking or a smo and then he showed you to your table and pulled your chair , you know , I mean tha not what you expect in a tea shop or coffee place you know i ha ha and they have proper waitresses with the little hat on , you know she 'll get about four tables so they 're looking after you and even on your saucer where you had your I mean yo your teapot and everything on the saucer 's a little mat so that you do n't drip , if it drips |
| 10 | To continue , just lay a plank to kneel on , so that you do n't disturb the last rows of bricks . |
| 11 | ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob — push the door open — go inside — close the door gently behind you so that you do n't wake up anybody else in the house ; now you go to the basin — put the plug in — turn on the tap — it 's a very stiff tap … ’ ( p. 196 ) . |
| 12 | Do occupy yourself so that you do n't over-indulge or leave yourself open to temptation . |
| 13 | So that you do n't deviate or forget things . |
| 14 | And it follows the action to its logical conclusion , death , so that you do n't worry about the characters any more . |
| 15 | Erm I 've also received information on conference accommodation and on the billboards but I 've billed those as separate items so that you do n't listen to me half off all evening . |
| 16 | Be realistic from the outset , so that you do n't become dismayed by your inability to keep to your own timetable . |
| 17 | Check this in advance with your service manager so that you do n't risk being caught out when you are in a hurry . |
| 18 | So , take your fingers from the outside and move them in towards the nose and round so that you do n't stretch the skin even more . |
| 19 | Ruth Rendell and others advise plotting your story carefully in advance so that you do n't get carried away by unnecessary detail or a minor character . |
| 20 | Ensure you note the boundary flags so that you do n't get eliminated for an error of course . |
| 21 | One of the things I did learn from the last tour was to rehearse enough material so that you do n't get fed up playing the same things over and over again . ’ |
| 22 | Remember all this well , so that you do n't get it wrong on the night ; you may not have time for a second performance . |
| 23 | It 's important to get good instruction on dry slopes so that you do n't get into bad habits before you start on the real stuff . |
| 24 | It is important to remember that you still need to have safer sex and to avoid sharing injecting equipment so that you do n't get infected in the future . |
| 25 | So really we use the toner to close the pores so that you do n't get any creams or any dirt in the pores , so that the skin is nice and clean . |
| 26 | Keep a good lookout and stay back from the line a little so that you do n't get into problems with people on starboard tack , then look for a gap to tack into . |
| 27 | You could object so that you do n't receive more . |
| 28 | I 'll tell David when he comes down so that you do n't need to worry about whatever plans you 've made with him . |
| 29 | about , no , no it 's only about a fortnight ago , I was on site doing a job and I come out and as far as you know what you call courtesy dial in a card , so that you do n't cut anybody off , you can dial it and everybody says oh what 's going off , you know , you can courtesy dial it , when we 've finished it shuts that channel down |
| 30 | To compare Raskolnikov 's haymarket with Kim 's bazaar is to see that Kipling has done all the work so that you do n't have to go there to know what it 's like at the level of vivid and varied description , whereas Dostoevsky leaves his reader with an impression which hovers between smell and vapour and dream . |