Example sentences of "so [pron] could [verb] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned his head so she could see his profile . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 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 | He retired early in 1981 so he could nurse his wife Ruby , who was partially paralyzed with polio . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then he smiled as if savouring some secret joke and slumped at the end of the table so he could stretch his leg . |
| 7 | ‘ A good farmer sowed his seed so he could take his crop of corn before the rubbish came on . |
| 8 | 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 . |