Example sentences of "[pers pn] so that [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps you 'd call me so that we can discuss this .
2 Furthermore I hope to share the experiences gained in this expedition with those around me so that they may realise that they can make a difference , however small it may be , if they choose .
3 Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty !
4 ‘ He was always trying to get rid of me so that he could get back to his computer .
5 ‘ He was always trying to get rid of me so that he could get back to his computer .
6 ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’
7 ‘ And keep an eye on me so that I wo n't escape , ’ she bit out before biting into her toast .
8 ‘ I sometimes think you only invite me so that I can pay the bill . ’
9 You 're just trying to amuse me — to set it up for me so that I can walk up and down the room gasping and shouting ‘ I do n't believe it ! ’
10 Could you tell me so that I can find the statement .
11 I have my camera with me so that I can take some photographs . ’
12 If I started again I would like to have … ( 1 ) a ghost writer , not for my speeches but for my letters and statements : he would be the kind of person who could take the Ministry 's policy and translate it into the kind of words I would use ; ( 2 ) perhaps an economist ; and ( 3 ) a general investigator whose job it would be to brief me so that I could participate intelligently at Cabinet Committees and in Cabinet on subjects outside my own Department .
13 There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe .
14 That 's why she would sometimes sign the order over to me so that I could put it through my account — otherwise she had to queue up at the post office , as I said . ’
15 But sheer sensation — the warmth of the sun , the scent of the air , the mundane pleasure of tea and biscuits — simple well-being possessed me so that I could only feel , not think .
16 I let her stroke me so that I could analyze the scent .
17 He agreed and said he would train me so that I could take the necessary exams .
18 He gave it to me so that I could come in and out to you as I like .
19 It was one your uncle David brought up for me so that I could get take it to pieces to make the car we 'd got better .
20 That each morning , like a beautiful woman , it will reveal some hidden facet to me so that I will never be bored with its presence . ’
21 I realized then that the lamp had been put behind me so that it would light her entrance ; and it was an entrance to take the breath away .
22 We need to bring them into the light and recognise them so that we may dispatch them . ’
23 Let us try to recognise our faults and seek to overcome them so that we can learn to feel self-respect .
24 The central question , then , is not whether or not we should tolerate the rules and conventions , the systems of thought , the preconceptions that regulate enquiry and instruction — for if our enterprise is to have any significance at all we have to — but which rules , conventions , and preconceptions are likely to offer us the most relevant and reliable set of bearings for our work , and how we are to use them so that we can allow for their modification , or even their complete replacement , when new insights and experiences need to be accommodated .
25 Teenagers Andrew Duff and Delightful Steven Massey ‘ saved he day ’ on each of the two Saturdays — would that we had more like them so that we could have ‘ Live Aid ’ as well as Christian Aid .
26 The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father .
27 So what I was gon na say was , that , that partic , partic er participant observations typically involves actually living with the , the study for a fair amount of time , so erm although they might tell you a pack of lies initially you can actually observe what they 're like , what they do and see whether they fit what they 've said and as time goes on you ha hope to develop some kind of rapport with them so that they might totally understand .
28 John 's aim had been to frighten them so that they would not again attack Derek .
29 If there are relatives and friends , arrangements will often be made to suit them so that they can attend .
30 Then in the machine shop we mill and grind them and bore holes in them so that they can be assembled into more complex products , like engines .
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