Example sentences of "so he [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a new envelope and address label , so he must have a typewriter in there too , but unless you were looking for it , you would hardly have spotted the swap . |
| 2 | He says Anna is n't the right wife for a Plunkett — especially one who 's been given a university education so he can become a spokesman for our people . |
| 3 | ‘ But Urban the Eighth took the bronze from the inside of the dome and gave it to Bernini so he could create a baldacchino — a canopy — for the papal altar in Saint Peter 's . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm sure you do n't want to hear about Mark 's cousin getting done for selling crack mixed with concrete , or the Forest Of Dean whizzkid who tried to get the band 's mate to give them heroin so they 'd all become addicted so he could make a profit out of them , or Zac sticking his finger up a chicken 's arse , do you ? |
| 5 | ‘ I think Billy might just have been desperate enough to smash that chair over somebody 's head so he could make a run for it . ’ |
| 6 | Auckland District Court heard that the 20-year-old man ‘ was merely trying to attract their attention , so he could start a conversation ’ and that such behaviour was perfectly normal on his archipelago . |
| 7 | This program was written by Raphael Salgado , who is himself a first-degree black belt , so he could use a Karate program that he enjoyed and was realistic . |
| 8 | His mother encouraged him to study harder and harder so he could become a doctor , one of the most financially rewarding occupations in Japan . |