Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible that we will see a further slowing of the ageing process as time goes on so that in the next century the experience of being in one 's eighties is more like the experience of being in one 's seventies at the moment . |
| 2 | Get those who are with you on the mat to sit down so that the emergency services have a clear view across the area and can move quickly in the event of accident . |
| 3 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
| 4 | The drama starts with a brief discussion of how people might live without modern technology , and ( using the model of the pictures they have seen ) , they build themselves a fortified encampment — a wonderful image this , with chairs organised into a large circle and then laid down so that the legs all face out . |
| 5 | Indeed , Reg. v. Lawrence [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 is a clear decision to the contrary since it laid down unequivocally that an act may be an appropriation notwithstanding that it is done with the consent of the owner . |
| 6 | If no sand filter is installed , then for pump-fed filters it should be plumbed in so that it intercepts water before it enters the chamber(s) . |
| 7 | ‘ I certainly sha n't speak to her until she starts replying to my letters , ’ said Lord Grubb , cued in so that it was possible to say it at last . |
| 8 | Fujitsu Ltd is having to cast around feverishly for ways to cut its costs , and says it will scale back its planned development projects on semiconductors to cut costs for new production facilities : ‘ We will more carefully choose which development projects to work on so that we will sell only profitable products , ’ a spokesman told Reuters in Tokyo , adding that the effect would be to trim the number of different chip products in its line by some 20% . |
| 9 | A physiotherapist stated , for instance : ‘ What we want to develop in them is the motivation to try and tackle society , take it head on so that they can actually say I want to go and do this , I want to go and do something else . ’ |
| 10 | He sent for a pallium for the new archbishop , Eanbald ( 1 ) , in 780 or 781 ( ASC D , s.a. 780 ) and in 786 received the papal legate , George , bishop of Ostia , who had come to York to inquire into the state of the Northumbrian Church , at a council attended by all the chief men , ecclesiastical and lay , in the kingdom , when the legate pronounced on much that displeased him . |
| 11 | And when anything drops down like that the eyes are drawn straight to it . |
| 12 | On July 27 , 100 deputies and senators from the Solidarity Centre Alliance had petitioned Jaruzelski to stand down so that Walesa could be named President in his place . |
| 13 | The female , Vicky , came to me and bent down so that I could look again into her grey eyes . |
| 14 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 15 | For example , Uranus , which is much more massive than the Earth , seems to have been tipped over so that it lies on its side . |
| 16 | That 's what that , that 's come off there that has |
| 17 | Her palms were sweating as she stood in the wings in her best green dress waiting for them to come off so that she could get on . |
| 18 | And I 'm gon na ask Catherine to stand up so that you can all see who she is . |
| 19 | Hurry up so that he 's got a paddy on at teatime . |
| 20 | By this time the wagonettes had caught up so that the rest of the day proceeded according to plan . |
| 21 | The Labour party wants application procedures to be speeded up so that we have a proper , fair and effective system that ensures that this country continues its long honourable tradition of providing asylum for refugees . |
| 22 | But not out yet , his savaged leg : and he had to turn — the door opened in on him — and Anton , sprung as a cat ; this opening , what he had sought , again flung himself at the foreman , who , caught by surprise , new horror , staggered back so that both of them , locked as one , a horrific beast , fell out against the far wall , the urinal , where : so long ago , as aeons past , Parker had first made his move . |
| 23 | I ai n't checked them , I 've been on holiday I 've only come back today that 's been drawn has it ? |
| 24 | But they were some well on , lo and behold , could open the door er two or three minutes late and c er call the er number , Yes sir , er as they entered the class and they would get their mark , this being I think you got a red mark if you were late , t to stand out so that an inspector who came down periodically could look down the register and there was the record of who was early and who was late by the colour of the ink-pens , I think . |
| 25 | The interviewer 's questions may be edited out so that all we see is the individual talking although the interviewer was in fact standing slightly to the left or right of the camera . |
| 26 | This kind of commentary is usually produced by means of an interview , although again the interviewer 's questions will often be edited out so that the commentary sounds like continuous speech . |
| 27 | Phat looked inquiringly towards his master , wondering if the procedures should be halted , but the Corsican waved him on , gesturing peremptorily for the crowd to he moved back so that the new recruits could see what was happening . |
| 28 | Charles moved back so that the porter could put down a tray with tea things on it . |
| 29 | And because one would share with neighbours , it was rather spaced out so that people could benefit over a longer period . |
| 30 | Music played loudly from the dining-room next door , where the carpets had been rolled back so that people could dance . |