Example sentences of "[adv] [that] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] her " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smiling a little ruefully at her own foolishness , she walked down the lane , guessing rightly that it would take her to the back of the cottage . |
| 2 | She wanted somehow to have her mother for herself , but only so that she could reject her herself . |
| 3 | In a moment he let her go , but only so that he might lift her bodily from the ground . |
| 4 | But what she hoped was that he would return before breakfast so that he would find her here , crouched lonely and exhausted on the top stair , waiting for him , frightened because he had left her alone . |
| 5 | He has a son who is a booby and who was loafing around his father 's yards waiting only for this young lady to come of age so that he could marry her . |
| 6 | He spun round on the stool so that he could face her . |
| 7 | Ace had sat up and discarded the ice-pack so that he could face her . |
| 8 | His inability to rid himself of the woman is a recurrent theme , even though a psychoanalytic institute in the US ( where for some reason another analyst has written a book which presents the patient as a great therapeutic success ) actually sent him money regularly so that he could pay her off when she got too demanding . |
| 9 | They brought him out so that he could denounce her in person . |
| 10 | She was so engrossed in her thoughts that Dr Kent had to speak to her twice before she heard his request to help him move Bobbie Cole so that he could examine her . |
| 11 | And she acknowledged that part of her longing to be bustling about was to try and snap him out of his trance so that he could tell her where her sister was . |
| 12 | Sliding from his lap , she stepped back so that he could view her . |
| 13 | By then it was too late to try and change her policy , for the overseer seemed to have taken a real dislike to her , watching for any slip she made , so that he could punish her for being high and mighty as he called it . |
| 14 | He reached out and turned the lamp so that it shone onto her face , seating himself on the edge of the desk so that he could study her . |
| 15 | Back in the projection room , she insisted on the list of names before bending over the balcony , so that he could shag her whilst they both watched the film . |
| 16 | But he wanted to keep her with him , to help her with her reading and studying , so that he could present her proudly as a lady to his parents . |
| 17 | This has led to the view that Bismarck 's real aim was to stifle Austro-Russian conflict by attaching Austria-Hungary to Germany , so that he could hold her back and prevent the two autocracies from mutual destruction . |
| 18 | He had talked her into ringing him when she wanted to come home so that he could pick her up , make sure she was safe . |
| 19 | He 'd made her love him purely so that he could reject her in public . |
| 20 | After she had told him , they had n't gone to the pictures for a month , so that he could see her home . |
| 21 | Marjorie turned her back to him so that he could help her out of her coat . |
| 22 | He had , apparently , seen the Texan making an unwanted play for her and he 'd come to her rescue so that he could put her in his debt for a future evening . |
| 23 | He would almost have preferred her to lie , so that he could believe her blindly , but she repeated , ‘ It is true . ’ |
| 24 | A MAN accused of having sex with a 15-year-old schoolgirl walked free yesterday — so that he can marry her . |
| 25 | ‘ You said you wanted to meet my fiancée so that you could judge her for yourself . |
| 26 | Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down . |
| 27 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 28 | My next-door neighbour agreed to take her , but I promised I 'd do my best to get back in time so that I could take her myself . ’ |
| 29 | Bina who never dreamed — Bina whose moods they all dismissed as ‘ adolescence ’ — Bina who they 'd trained not to let on what she really felt , who did n't even know what she did feel — that same Bina had a dream each night , and she wrote down every single word of it so that it would tell her how to be different , be real , really be . |
| 30 | He had not realized before that he would miss her . |