Example sentences of "so that [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mounds of dirt , rock and sand — little hills engulfed by dunes — blocked our view so that we could see no more than half a mile in any direction . |
| 32 | A second classification was made using a supervised approach so that we could capitalize on our local knowledge of the study area . |
| 33 | When the first stones hurtled towards the boar , it lunged forward , its head rising clear above the water so that we could see the downward curve of its tusks , the bead-like eyes wild with terror . |
| 34 | Although when regressed one does not go back to the immediate past life , then the one before it , then the one before that and so on , by the time Martin had experienced regression six times it was possible to put the lives in chronological order so that we could try and see if there was any lesson to be learnt from them . |
| 35 | ‘ He was always moving the goalposts so that we could never anticipate what he wanted . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ No , but we 'd like to be there at the beginning so that we could if we want to , then run away , ’ Eve explained . |
| 37 | We used to stand it in the window to cool down so that we could get a cool drink — it was April and temperatures were up in the nineties and there was no water on the train . |
| 38 | We are thinking of buying a small estate outside the city , three or four acres , so that we could have a real nice ranch-type bungalow — and keep some riding horses . ’ |
| 39 | Kleenex was handed round so that we could dry our hands and we settled together for coffee . |
| 40 | Skipper Rupert Moon said : ‘ There are firemen , policemen and doctors in our side and they have had to switch shifts or take holiday leave so that we could get together early . |
| 41 | Its original purpose was to enable us to turn our work so that we could rehang it with the plain side towards us , knit a few rows of reversed stocking stitch and then turn it back again to continue in stocking stitch or pattern . |
| 42 | Me and all my friends ended up in this cult and the first thing this guy said we had to do was turn all of our friendships against each other so that we could n't trust anybody . |
| 43 | While the other patients crowded outside and Miss Sowerby tried to keep them in order , Alec motioned to the father to carry the boy into the ‘ ops ’ theatre and lay him down on his back on the operating table so that we could make a more detailed examination . |
| 44 | And one of the reasons I wanted to run for president is to open the floodgates for debating ideas so that we could try to change in the appropriate way . ’ |
| 45 | and studied and er so that we could copy their |
| 46 | Firstly , we are offering a family the diagnosis of a lethal untreatable disorder in an apparently healthy baby ; secondly , the protocol was designed so that we could modify practice in the light of experience ; and , thirdly , families should have choice at every stage from the initial screening test to a confirmed diagnosis . |
| 47 | We both had large appetites and although we tried to get on the same table at mealtimes so that we could monopolise the food , we were permanently hungry . |
| 48 | We tidied up our rooms and cleaned the kitchens , dragging out the mundane tasks so that we could stay in the warm . |
| 49 | " I wish things had been different so that we could have made love just once . |
| 50 | We also held meetings with women from other sectors , such as campesina and market women , so that we could exchange experiences and ideas . |
| 51 | We wrote to oh I do n't know how many stars for articles that they wish to give so that we could raise money by them . |
| 52 | The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music . |
| 53 | I then subsequently asked for an iris to be put into the Dalek so that we could do a close up of the eye irising in and out to get the effect of its eye focussing on you . |
| 54 | We explained later it was to power a lightbulb so that we could read at night where there was no electricity . |
| 55 | We had to keep them heading out to sea as long as possible , so that we could fully clear it on our return tack . |
| 56 | What could we change that half into so that we could one sixth to it ? |
| 57 | ‘ He sent us His only begotten Son so that we could be free . ’ |
| 58 | Next morning after breakfast we asked Magwitch to tell us more about his past life , so that we could protect him better . |
| 59 | ‘ Well , I moved out , came to live here in a rented house I ca n't really afford , Susan sold the flat , which seemed a bit more than a symbolic act , I continued to love her and miss her , I tried to understand what she felt and hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through so that we could be together again . |
| 60 | He saw the tatty rooms , the junk-shop furniture … hoped it was something she 'd eventually work through , so that we could be together again . |