Example sentences of "so that i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement . |
| 2 | ) At school , so that I would have time to practise two hours a day , by the age of 15 , I had been allowed to drop Latin ( Greek did not at any point arise ) and Maths . |
| 3 | The plan was to look back at intervals after leaving camp to see how long it took for various features of the Land Rover to disappear , so that I would know how much longer there was to walk when they reappeared in the evening . |
| 4 | I expected you to come after me , I prayed you would so that I would know for sure that you really wanted me , but you did n't . |
| 5 | I like to rehearse the bad things so that I 'll know how to behave when they really happen . ’ |
| 6 | Erm so that I 'll have oh plenty of gathers you see but the pole will be smooth . |
| 7 | So you just watch out for everything for me , and take notice , so that I 'll catch up . |
| 8 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 9 | Arriving at the podium to a standing ovation , Jesse asked for the house lights to be raised — ‘ so that I may speak unto the people ’ . |
| 10 | I have arranged a two-day debate in the House so that I may express that clearly and listen to the views of the House . |
| 11 | Now , please have Red Sixteen sent for , so that I may inform him of my decision . ’ |
| 12 | And the first thing you can do is fetch water so that I may wash off the city dust before I change my dress . " |
| 13 | ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’ |
| 14 | Abraham makes his request : ‘ Give me land enough among you so that I may bury my dead properly . ’ |
| 15 | Will my right hon. Friend arrange an early debate on education , and especially on the local authorities ' responsibilities and their relationship with Government in terms of school organisation , so that I may highlight the need for an early decision on proposals to reorganise schools in Ealing , where parents , teachers and children will be greatly affected by those decisions ? |
| 16 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 17 | I appreciate that such proposals raise cost , operating and Health & safety issues , and would be grateful for your observations so that I may report back to my Committee . |
| 18 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 19 | ‘ I will buy it , so that I may have you to myself . ’ |
| 20 | I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can . |
| 21 | If you have any other items you wish to raise at the meeting , please advise me beforehand so that I may include them on the agenda . |
| 22 | ‘ So that I may enter alone , of course . |
| 23 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 24 | ‘ If you could , perhaps , make some suggestions , you see , so that I might move things along … ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I had asked my mother one evening to cut my cheese entire , so that I might toast it , ’ he told Tom Poole : |
| 26 | I have been waiting only for that so that I might go . ’ |
| 27 | As always I got up at once so that I might cherish the ninety minutes until we assembled for work — minutes that were mine — not the authorities . |
| 28 | I had some dim idea that I should see what sort of creatures these whores were , so that I might find out what I was . |
| 29 | ‘ This is not some countries , ’ retorted my mother , perhaps wondering again whether the money she had spent so that I might learn French and a little grace had been utterly wasted , for I had learned only superstition and discontent . |
| 30 | It makes me long for a complete collection so that I might read on , especially the verse you mention but do not quote . |