Example sentences of "so that [pers pn] do n't " in BNC.
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| 31 | This will not necessarily stop the Not-OK feelings but it at least contains them so that they do n't damage the transaction . |
| 32 | Our bodies use these fat cells and the connective tissue as a kind of storehouse for waste products and because these particular fat cells are metabolically less active than other cells in the body they make an ideal location for whatever toxic waste products the body would like to keep out of the way so that they do n't pollute the bloodstream . |
| 33 | Controlling body language and voice so that they do n't convey self-importance also helps . |
| 34 | Young trees should be staked until they are well established , but check the ties at least once a year , so that they do n't bite into the rapidly expanding stem , and damage the tree . |
| 35 | These are held to the wall with a screw and wall plug , and are then covered with mortar so that they do n't show . |
| 36 | To make them easier to serve , we 've firmed up the mixture with a few fine cake crumbs so that they do n't melt the moment they hit room temperature . |
| 37 | Erm , but following on from that , wherever we change layouts now we try and be very specific about organizing the cable management up front and , so that they do n't present any hassles . |
| 38 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 39 | I mean , does it really bore them ( so that they do n't need it at all in their lives ) or does it secretly shock and dismay them , so that they have to pretend to be bored ? |
| 40 | That 's why the windows of the houses are so small — so that they do n't have to see where they 've been working all day long . |
| 41 | You know so that they do n't make other produce cheaper so that . |
| 42 | He walks in front , holds back branches , waiting for her so that they do n't whip back in her face . |
| 43 | I mean them they 're designed to er so that they do n't slip or anything . |
| 44 | Do they not let the stable lads know so that they do n't have an advantage over picking a winner ? |
| 45 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 46 | Could you put her blanket in the the seat just so that they do n't get little bits of cotton in it she might um breathe them in . |
| 47 | They ought to make it so that they do n't have a car that goes above twenty five mile an hour I reckon ! |
| 48 | Well there 's no question but which therapists and people of medical profession have come across cases of people who have indeed been scarred for their whole lives and and found it very difficult to maintain trust and relationships and and be able to achieve their potential as a result of the sorts of situations that they endured , and perhaps we 're more understanding about those sorts of areas of the human need to be able to express anxiety and to feel that to express fears is is not something that 's going to overwhelm people that are around us , so that adults who are in the care of children , be they teachers , or parents , or child care workers , can allow children to express their feelings so that they do n't need to hold on to them and thereby increase the fears that they have . |
| 49 | That 's what she 's supposed to do according to the Citizens Advice Bureau , is to control them so that she do n't annoy the neighbours |
| 50 | To compare Raskolnikov 's haymarket with Kim 's bazaar is to see that Kipling has done all the work so that you do n't have to go there to know what it 's like at the level of vivid and varied description , whereas Dostoevsky leaves his reader with an impression which hovers between smell and vapour and dream . |
| 51 | Good lecterns today also have space for microphone wiring built into them so that you do n't have wire trailing around the place and looking unsightly , or a big boom mike stand in front . |
| 52 | Mostly they 're haphazard so that you do n't hear anything for months at a stretch , or they 're impersonal , or the responses are not followed-up and developed , or they are stupefyingly dull . |
| 53 | What 's more , so that you do n't have to walk too far to get from place to place , most of the nightlife is crammed into one strip no more than 400 metres long , which has bars , cafés and discos on 3 levels , just like one enormous night club with over 50 bars and dance floors . |
| 54 | ‘ So you go to the bathroom and turn the doorknob — push the door open — go inside — close the door gently behind you so that you do n't wake up anybody else in the house ; now you go to the basin — put the plug in — turn on the tap — it 's a very stiff tap … ’ ( p. 196 ) . |
| 55 | Ruth Rendell and others advise plotting your story carefully in advance so that you do n't get carried away by unnecessary detail or a minor character . |
| 56 | They are fools and liars and will tell you that everyone is entitled to his own opinion , except they will probably say ‘ his or her , ’ so that you do n't feel left out , being a young , firm , tanned and bouncy woman with a mind of fathomlessly inventive depravity , even if you do n't know it yet . |
| 57 | Ensure you note the boundary flags so that you do n't get eliminated for an error of course . |
| 58 | One of the things I did learn from the last tour was to rehearse enough material so that you do n't get fed up playing the same things over and over again . ’ |
| 59 | Do occupy yourself so that you do n't over-indulge or leave yourself open to temptation . |
| 60 | To continue , just lay a plank to kneel on , so that you do n't disturb the last rows of bricks . |