Example sentences of "so he could [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would have loved to have swung the sodding bag and hit him straight in the balls but the old tight-fist snatched it off me and threw the gold on to the hall floor so he could watch his courtiers scramble . |
| 2 | Do you know , at Fontainebleau he set up a system of mirrors so he could watch his young ladies pose and inspect them from every angle , whilst his palaces were full of secret passageways with peep-holes in every bedroom for Francis was deeply interested in the sexual exploits of others . |
| 3 | Shooting a fierce look of hatred at Damian Flint beside her , striding along , his face hard , she saw a ruthless swine whose main objective was to get Rachel to be his wife so he could fulfil his ambitions and take Swift for his own . |
| 4 | Mrs Winterton invited Mr Major to view the exhibition privately so he could reach his own informed conclusion about what action needed to be taken to clean up ‘ this free market in filth ’ . |
| 5 | He retired early in 1981 so he could nurse his wife Ruby , who was partially paralyzed with polio . |
| 6 | still , he did n't have to spoil his debut by insisting he left the game ten minutes before the interval so he could prepare his half-time pizza slices . |
| 7 | Father Matthew was a genial fellow and cheerfully granted Athelstan 's request , giving him vestments and vessels so he could celebrate his own Mass in one of the small chantry chapels built off the main aisle . |
| 8 | Then he smiled as if savouring some secret joke and slumped at the end of the table so he could stretch his leg . |
| 9 | ‘ A good farmer sowed his seed so he could take his crop of corn before the rubbish came on . |
| 10 | That was one of the reasons he liked living out at Little Knoll , so he could have his own life , his own place that none of them at school knew about . |
| 11 | Generally , he came downstairs to wash and shave while she was doing this , but today she took him up a tray so he could have his breakfast in bed . |
| 12 | He was waiting for the crowd to disperse from the grave so he could say his own private farewells when a respectable old lady with a blue rinse came up to him and said , ‘ You do n't remember me , do you , I 'm Mrs Flaherty . ’ |