Example sentences of "[adv] that i could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 2 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | " I would work much harder if you came now and then so that I could tell you of my progress . " |
| 7 | If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't get you to come down here , Bella , so that I could escort you to bloody parties . |
| 9 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 10 | When she had finished , she passed it over so that I could sign it . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | I rang his agent and said : ‘ Do you think I could have his number so that I could persuade him ? ’ |
| 13 | That 's why she would sometimes sign the order over to me so that I could put it through my account — otherwise she had to queue up at the post office , as I said . ’ |
| 14 | So that I could kill you and suck the warm blood from your neck . |
| 15 | Enough work so that I could enjoy it but not so much work that I would be fed up . |
| 16 | I think perhaps that I actually needed to be able to think the worst of you , however personally unpalatable that worst was to me , as some sort of a defence , so that I could despise you even if it meant despising myself as well . |
| 17 | From a letter written so that I could read it to Basil before he came home from hospital : |
| 18 | and that was my Barclaycard number in case you want it although I ordered it through the thr phone I made out that so that I could read it off on the telephone I did n't even erm I did n't even assemble it I just looked and I saw it does n't chop I thought it would chop things but does n't , it only grates Looks as though it had been out before , you know , you look at this ! |
| 19 | I set up another three Slammers , pouring the lime juice and tequila together so that I could cut mine to about half the strength I was giving them . |
| 20 | Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back . |
| 21 | I knew at once that I could do it . |
| 22 | With Victor 's assistance , it might be possible to retrieve my car ; I thought also that I could sell him scientific information , and so escape from my destitute condition . |
| 23 | I do n't have anything else that I could show you at the moment I 'm afraid . |