Example sentences of "so they could " in BNC.
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| 1 | For years afterwards , Jay 's heart gave a lurch every time she passed the place where they parked — Astrid drove the three hundred yards from her house so they could kiss in the car before she went to Timisia . |
| 2 | It turned out that East German security merely wanted to take away their identity cards so they could be formally ‘ expelled ’ . |
| 3 | At first you 'd think they were just looking but really they were turning things over and over in their hands to see how they were made and checking out the cut so they could rip them off . |
| 4 | I wish Marie and Annie was here so they could see it . |
| 5 | One would ‘ ring-fence ’ or protect the grants to be given to local authorities so they could not be used for other purposes ; the other would give elderly and disabled people in local authority residential homes the same social security rights as those in private or voluntary sector homes . |
| 6 | Before the gun battle started the Vietnamese youths issued extravagant demands , including one for a flight to Thailand so they could fight communists . |
| 7 | Suzy and Seth loaded the van with food and clothes for the country , but on Interstate 10 out of New Orleans , Seth suddenly ordered Suzy to turn around so they could back and buy pain pills . |
| 8 | Perhaps it 's that bloke who locked the gates in Gibraltar so they could n't get into Spain . |
| 9 | Uncle Edgar even dammed a little pool so they could have a dip with their picnics . |
| 10 | We grew up viewing them with contempt , and saw them as preoccupied with money so they could ‘ better themselves ’ . |
| 11 | The generous niece even booked the couple a £200-a-night room at The Dorchester so they could enjoy the show at the famous London Palladium . |
| 12 | ‘ We are checking rail stations but it seems you can catch a train to anywhere in the country at 5pm on a Friday from Leeds and so they could be absolutely anywhere . ’ |
| 13 | Club officials disclosed that Mr Souness had kept news of the operation secret from the players so they could concentrate on the match against Portsmouth . |
| 14 | We dragged the man free and Warren drove the car at the dogs to box them in the alleyway so they could not escape . |
| 15 | He was very excited and arranged extra meetings with the boys he had chosen as climbers so they could practise their skills . |
| 16 | That 's why they built the cemetery up close to the workhouse , so they could take them over on a barrow . |
| 17 | But they now had a great advantage because they knew that their viral DNA was in the gene and so they could use this knowledge to fish out the gene that clearly plays some role in limb development . |
| 18 | I should have caught some more waves so they could n't underscore me . |
| 19 | They let it be known around school that they were collecting waste paper and asked the others to do the same so they could weigh it all in . |
| 20 | Mrs Southey had asked Sarah to visit so they could ‘ talk over the American affair ’ , and it may by then have seemed inevitable to Sarah that she too would be carried on the Pantisocratic tide . |
| 21 | There was a number of men who had passed for Sergeant 's rank , and the only way they could get it was to report another policeman so they could go to the chief constable on a discipline charge . |
| 22 | Everyone knew the words , so they could follow the distorted reproduction successfully . |
| 23 | On 4 May it was played through an Auxetophone to the diners so they could all hear his words . |
| 24 | Initially , they were filled with slate dust , so they could be played with ordinary heavyweight pickups . |
| 25 | ‘ The UK felt it very important to be a member of LOFT while the ( Sizewell ) inquiry was going on , so they could demonstrate their seriousness in picking up the questions on safety ’ . |
| 26 | They wanted him home so they could feel safe . |
| 27 | The tide was high , so they could not climb on the rocks and breakwaters , or explore the caves . |
| 28 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 29 | All the time she was muttering under her breath , not articulating the words so they could be understood , or so it was even clear what language she was speaking . |
| 30 | He 'd brought home some hairs from the cross on the back of a donkey when she was cutting her teeth , and Ma had made a little black silk bag to put them in so they could hang round her neck to keep the funny turns away . |