Example sentences of "so [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Differing skill levels are accommodated through a handicapping system so everyone can play a full part . |
| 2 | All entrants will receive a 50p voucher redeemable against any future purchase of Guinness Original , so everyone can enjoy the distinctive and satisfying taste of this special beer . |
| 3 | All entrants will receive a 50p voucher redeemable against any future purchase of Guinness Original , so everyone can enjoy the distinctive and satisfying taste of this special beer . |
| 4 | Smile and be pleasant , make your way through the ballroom so everyone can see you . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm standing in Nick 's hall , so everyone can hear . |
| 6 | They [ theoretical differences ] are not resolved really ; they continue as quite big arguments ; and there are quite big camps really of those who believe in theory and those who believe in scholarship , I suppose ; and we pretend that you can just muddle along and it does n't matter , but the crunch comes at things like marking exam papers , because if you 've got a student who 's heavily into theory , writing for a marker who 's heavily not into theory , then they tend to say things like ‘ oh , he 's just read Terry Eagleton , so blah blah blah ’ or ‘ she 's just read Cate Belsey and regurgitated that ’ so someone can get a bad mark because they 've written for the wrong person . |
| 7 | Actually , it 's a very pleasant way to work — I 've set up one room for word processing and another for screenshot manipulation , so I can switch back and forth between the two whilst I 'm writing captions . |
| 8 | I 'll do my make-up first , something fairly neutral so I can choose what to wear later . |
| 9 | I guess I wanta play polo better so I can beat the shit out of them on the field . ’ |
| 10 | I call him that so I can shout down the street after him and those bastards in the Race Relations office ca n't touch me for it . ’ |
| 11 | He just ca n't put it forward , so you have to get a book and do it yourself , and then I ask for the syllabus so I can make sure |
| 12 | That 's not too troublesome for me because my wife has an account ( with a different bank ) , so I can sign my cheques over to her . |
| 13 | I want to reclaim it — so I can stop being a casualty of this war that has no name . |
| 14 | ‘ No , you 're supposed to abandon Masquerade just so I can earn a few thousand dollars . ’ |
| 15 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 16 | Come up for God 's sake , Harry , so I can pull you out . |
| 17 | I always carry the bag on my left shoulder so I can pull out clubs with my right hand , and I was about to pull out the driver when I hesitated and decided to see how the land lay . |
| 18 | Please help me up onto your knee so I can pull your hair and punch you in the mouth . " |
| 19 | ‘ Could you tell us what we 're supposed to wear , so I can drag Miss Loudmouth here off to her boudoir ? ’ |
| 20 | I thrive on people telling me that so I can react to it . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm no genius , so I can do without it . ’ |
| 22 | Come on open a bit wider so I can do those , that 's better , do n't want them back ones to go bad . |
| 23 | A towel that I 've put over the radiator to get warm so I can wrap it cosily round myself and hug myself dry . |
| 24 | ‘ She gives a quick squirt so I can smell it , then finds a nice , easy chair till she hears me coming . ’ |
| 25 | One day I 'll learn to swim real good , so I can go up to Scotland and show Marie and she 'd be real surprised . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm waiting for the National Guard so I can go home , ’ he jokes . |
| 27 | I ca n't wait for the teacher 's watch to say 4.30 so I can go home . |
| 28 | ‘ If you 'll only take hold of this damn bag so I can go I will . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm just hoping I 'll be able to get a job while I 'm out there so I can go out again . |
| 30 | I ca n't even wait until I 'm older so I can go to the discos like Georgina . |