Example sentences of "just so [that] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The parent trees would be retained for several years after the new trees had been planted at the new site , just so that they could be used as a reference for checking . |
| 2 | Was it just so that they could , for political means again to get peasant support ? |
| 3 | and er , it 's just so that they can maybe pick out oh yeah ! |
| 4 | Just so that we can get the erm that sentence in context . |
| 5 | Just , just so that we can erm , make sure for the cabaret committee you have n't given yourself enormous pay rises in the first half can you , can you split out in the corporate expenses less other , what the er , er , profit on the sale of some of your Cedar Fayre investment was ? |
| 6 | just so that we can try and work it out , so that you know if we are going to , to go to new theatres like , you know , I think the New Travellers is going to be interested |
| 7 | Er , just so that we can see which way we 're working , John , can I just check out , have you the faintest idea what the hell she 's talking about ? |
| 8 | ‘ But nice Dr Blake here is going to make it feel better , and I think , to be on the safe side , you 'd better stay with us for a while , just so that we can make sure the headache does n't get any worse . |
| 9 | Now just so that we can get this er correct what , what sort of amount do you think you would be able to af afford on a monthly basis ? |
| 10 | we have to wait here and see coming in from their lessons just so that we can go off and go to Geography |
| 11 | Did you know that we imported cereal from Ethiopia during the famine just so that we could have our meat ? |
| 12 | It was then withdrawn and another Bill was introduced , just so that we could have a crackdown on dangerous dogs . |
| 13 | But how 's about a drive round the island — just so that you can see for yourself what it 's like . ’ |
| 14 | You know your workbooks that you 've got , he 's actually asking you a few questions relating to the statistics that er , Dr. Bernard 's going to mention , so can I ask you to get your workbooks and a pen , just so that you can jot down some of the information . |
| 15 | erm just so that you can er take it away and have a look at it later on . |
| 16 | ‘ Just so that you 'd have a good excuse for keeping me a prisoner here ? ’ |
| 17 | I need a slow , sedentary number now , just so that I can get my breath back . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If the driver who hit him knows that he hit him , I would urge him to come forward just so that I can know what happened . ’ |
| 19 | He took to picking up pretty young girls just so that he could complain about her . |
| 20 | Rory thought now that his brother must have exaggerated the story , made it more horrific than it really had been , and he certainly did n't believe that Lachy had run away to sea just so that he could wear an eye-patch and pretend he was a pirate . |
| 21 | Look what happened to Flaubert : a century after his death Sartre , like some brawny , desperate lifeguard , spent ten years beating on his chest and blowing into his mouth ; ten years trying to yank him back to consciousness , just so that he could sit him up on the sands and tell him exactly what he thought of him . |
| 22 | I let myself think I might adopt him — oh , not altogether , but just so that he could come and stay with me sometimes and I could do things for him . |
| 23 | My father is an educated man , and he passed a lot of what he already knew on to me , as well as doing a fair bit of study himself into areas he did n't know all that much about just so that he could teach me . |
| 24 | He does n't believe in Arnold Bros but he likes to think Arnold Bros exists just so that he can go on not believing in him . |
| 25 | So sure enough we let the tyres down sufficiently for it to be roadworthy and not to destroy the tyres on the way there , but soft enough just so that it would go down , and we edged it through and Roy got it through the middle and off we went . |
| 26 | He says TB is a problem with badgers , but killing every animal which is caught just so that it can be tested for the illness is n't the answer . |
| 27 | She had forced herself out of bed especially early , without waking Oz , just so that she could have a spare half-hour or so to take a walk up Back Clough Dale . |