Example sentences of "up so that [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great carts pulled by as many as six horses at a time came up the roads from the east and waited at Ridgery Butts until a party of people who wanted to cross the forest formed up so that they could travel together . |
| 2 | Inside , the blaze was already fierce , fanned by the high wind , the heat building up so that they could see the metal beginning to glow . |
| 3 | Soon a fairly large crowd had gathered and men were holding their sons up so that they could stand on the bar to get a better view . |
| 4 | She and Jack , the boy she had been walking out with , were saving up so that they could buy the shop from old Mr Peabody , who wanted to retire . |
| 5 | Announcing a campaign often boosts sales to the trade , because forthcoming television advertising may persuade grocers , for example , to stock up so that they can meet the extra demand . |
| 6 | Well the reason why we were attracted to it was of course the very point that that they would translate the disks for nothing , we would n't have to type out the register , and they would also add the telephone numbers without us having to look them all up so that we could do telephone canvassing . |
| 7 | Chair can I try er to wrap this up so that we can get back onto debate by delivering a question to you as chair ? |
| 8 | ‘ Rourke , ’ she said carefully , ‘ it 's cold out here , and I 'd be grateful if you 'd make a start in clearing up so that we can be on our way . ’ |
| 9 | I then had the problem of having to stand , holding the gate up so that it would n't fall on the dog and by now there were three tractors and four cars blocking the road . |
| 10 | The Practical Curriculum , for example , a useful , practical discussion document for schools from the Schools Council , had to be held up so that it should not upstage an HMI view of the curriculum . |
| 11 | Then there are the banks who will always be ready to lend you money to can it up so that it can pay . |
| 12 | The hood was pulled up so that you could hardly see his head . |
| 13 | er if you 've got formulae , when you set them up , you should set them up so that you can copy them . |
| 14 | And I 'm gon na ask Catherine to stand up so that you can all see who she is . |
| 15 | ‘ We made the front page ! ’ he exulted , holding the rag up so that I could see the headline : ‘ WOMAN DIES AT THEATRE ROYAL . |
| 16 | I simply phoned them and erm they put , they put it up so that I could buy things on Access that I could get , well I mean those were the days when I knew that you could sell a house like |
| 17 | I sat up so that she could put the tray on my knees . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | A booster cushion raises a child up so that she can safely use an adult seat belt or a child harness . |
| 20 | We tried to pull the leg up so that he would n't put so much weight on it , but then he only found it even harder to walk straight . |
| 21 | It was right , and he was sorry about it , because he 'd have liked to think his idea had helped them , been taken up so that he could feel part of the activity . |
| 22 | They stayed there for a quarter of an hour , the only movement being the driver slowly inching his little finger up so that he could lock the door . |
| 23 | He gripped Gilbert 's chin and forced it up so that he could see the blue-white flickering of Darkfall lightning beyond the broken windows . |
| 24 | Marc demanded savagely , dragging her chin up so that he could analyse her reaction . |