Example sentences of "so [that] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early hours , she left with her husband Guy to drive back to Lourmarin so that she could open her restaurant in the morning . |
| 2 | I could see her English neighbour shutting her front door in our faces , and yet all the same we left the two children there , rushing away after I 'd pinched their cheeks to make them cry so that she 'd have to come out to them . |
| 3 | Or is he to allow her to rest her left forearm on his right and to guide her round in an elegant mazurka — leading her , as it were , from the shoulder so that she always moves just in front of him ? |
| 4 | In the final condition , the mother was hidden behind a metal screen so that she could neither see nor be seen by the pair in the observation room . |
| 5 | Demonstrating the arbitrariness of the emergency regulations , she was granted a passport in June this year so that she could head a UDF delegation which met Margaret Thatcher and President Bush . |
| 6 | We purported to atomise the person of the Sovereign , so that she was Queen of Canada , Queen of Australia , etc. , and eventually , in the pantomime season , Queen of Grenada . |
| 7 | ‘ Poor thing , ’ she 'd sob , thinking about the heroine , and she 'd get undressed so that she could carry on crying in bed . |
| 8 | She wanted somehow to have her mother for herself , but only so that she could reject her herself . |
| 9 | She must look at two other things , hard and solid , so that she would be strong for the battle ahead . |
| 10 | When she had been little , once Fenna had taught her how to fly so that she no longer went wandering off , there had been very little time when she had been left alone . |
| 11 | A community nurse was visiting her so that she would n't get too lonely and depressed . |
| 12 | We have been in Britain more than a year now , so the Home Office has extended her visa , but each time they extend it it is only by three months or six months so that she is never eligible for school . |
| 13 | So far , I 've given two to friends in hospital and one to an elderly neighbour , who 's begged me to let her have another one so that she can pass the first one on . |
| 14 | It was some time before Wexford could decide whether it was a man or a woman and when he realised it was a woman he called out a brisk , cheerful good night so that she should not be afraid . |
| 15 | A designer chose the only flat with a garden and a fashion consultant , Juliet Mann , who is similarly keen on horticulture , chose the only unit with a flat roof so that she could establish a roof-top conservatory above her flat . |
| 16 | He said the terms should run concurrently so that she would serve four years . |
| 17 | For several days his body was ‘ thrust aside , hidden under a piece of furniture by his landlady , so that she might not lose the chance of showing the room to a prospective new lodger . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd smoked a joint and taken tincture of cannabis , which is something I had done because I did n't smoke cigarettes and the hippies around me would say , ‘ Give her a spoonful of tincture of cannabis so that she 'll get stoned ’ but I did n't know if cocaine was like that . |
| 19 | She describes how a porpoise appeared and guided her so that she was being carried with the tide , and then helped her to a section of shallow water . |
| 20 | The president , Cory Aquino , confirmed weeks of rumour on March 21st when she said that the ban on Mrs Marcos would be lifted so that she could go on trial in Manila , but only when the government had decided what to charge her with . |
| 21 | Paul , her husband , generally left before seven and had lunch out with one of his friends , while she used her free day to take care of a thousand chores more annoying than the duties of her job : she had to go to the post office and fret for half an hour in a queue , go shopping in the supermarket , where she quarrelled with the saleswoman and wasted time waiting at the check-out , telephone the plumber and plead with him to be precisely on time so that she would n't have to wait the whole day for him . |
| 22 | She fought through the days with relentless activity , aiming to get thoroughly tired , so that she could sleep . |
| 23 | Mrs Wright lifted a vase of flowers that was on a small table by the door so that she could see how much water was in . |
| 24 | He would drop her , of course , sooner or later — or rather , he would engineer it so that she dropped him . |
| 25 | He wrote girls ' phone numbers in the back of the book so that she would think the stars were for something else if she snooped around . |
| 26 | She had forced herself out of bed especially early , without waking Oz , just so that she could have a spare half-hour or so to take a walk up Back Clough Dale . |
| 27 | He looked across at the Woman , so that she could share his smile , but she did not smile . |
| 28 | At that moment , a voice did call , so that she jerked with shock . |
| 29 | Reluctantly , Jinny looked away from the woman so that she could inspect him . |
| 30 | He hauled the basket up the slope , towards the place where Jinny had been , so that she could retrieve hers , but he did not stop there . |