Example sentences of "so [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 2 | She had the Monument built on top of the hill so everyone could see it as a landmark . |
| 3 | The envelope was too big for the bag , so everyone could see it . |
| 4 | Of course one way to make sure there would always be a steady stream of customers in places like Polo Park would be to redistribute income so everyone could afford to shop here . |
| 5 | As I left I asked Marcus to remove his dark glasses so I could look at his face . |
| 6 | ‘ I studied for five years at the Physical Education Academy , so I could go back to Poland and be a school teacher . |
| 7 | My eyes had become accustomed to the now semi-darkness , so I could pick out shapes about seventy-five yards away . |
| 8 | I guess I was trying to earn a couple of lowlife brownie points , so I could catch up with Steve and Paul 's criminal pedigree . |
| 9 | I 'm an engineer by training , so I could move into something like British Aerospace . |
| 10 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 11 | But Graham won , so I could pay the wages from the prize money . |
| 12 | I remember I had to get some photos so I could get into the swimming pool for nothing . |
| 13 | I like a Quilt so I could be warm at night . ’ |
| 14 | His teeth did n't fit awfully well , so I could n't be sure . |
| 15 | I sent for it deliberate , so I could sleep in it . |
| 16 | I wore a red pencil moustache , sequins , inflatable flowers , just to distract the public so I could sell memberships . |
| 17 | The pilot thought the size of the gray-green boxes , ‘ seven metres long and one meter wide ’ was familiar , somehow ; but ‘ as long as you do n't open the boxes , you do n't know what you have … it is blessed by the government when it is being loaded , so I could n't care less what it is . ’ |
| 18 | I gave up work so I could practise singing and playing , and went on the dole in England . |
| 19 | As I fiddled frantically with buttons that would n't depress and a monopod that would n't telescope downwards so I could actually see what professional fingers find in the dark , I became aware of the incredulous stare of a Japanese with an even bigger lens than mine . |
| 20 | I got my mother to take me to the dentist every week so I could run away from it . ’ |
| 21 | My registrar can take my clinic — it 's a small one — so I could be with you from three until four-thirty if you like . ’ |
| 22 | Well , to tell you the truth , I hardly go into Salisbury myself , so I could n't really say what it 's like at close quarters . |
| 23 | When we landed at Bombay ( for the story has a happy ending ) I asked to be shown the piece of tarmac pasteurised for the Pope to kiss on his recent visit , so I could bless it too ( poojahs is the Hindi word ) and give thanks for deliverance . |
| 24 | He 'd won the year before , so I could n't believe my luck . |
| 25 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 26 | Just as someone deprived of sound , sight and tactile stimuli will invent wonderful and sometimes horrific experiences , so I could not prevent my imagination from running away with itself . |
| 27 | I no longer drank black coffee nor smoked , so I could only chew my almonds and sip my herb tea . |
| 28 | I 'm employed by the Corporation so I could n't sue the Corporation . |
| 29 | Although my certificate in Sociology had not yet come , I knew that my next and most important study must be Theology , only so I could understand the situation that my children would face in the future , and other people 's children would have to meet as well . |
| 30 | We were on the top flat , so I could n't get out to play ; my Ma was feared I 'd fall down the stone stairs and break my neck . |