Example sentences of "just so [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's just so we can eliminate people from our inquiries . ’ |
| 2 | In fact how am I to know you did n't do all this just so we could be in this very position now ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Just so we wo n't be seen , ’ he said silkily . |
| 4 | They wanted him to like this house but he did n't , and he was n't saying so just so they 'd feel better . |
| 5 | These jokes are liable to turn all your friends into a bunch of werewolves , vampires , swamp monsters and slime creatures just so they can get their own back on you . |
| 6 | Anywhere , just so they can get a good look in . |
| 7 | If you present the letters very rapidly , just so they could only just be detected , erm you 'd find that sometimes X and Y would be confused , whereas X and P were very rarely confused . |
| 8 | If she resembles any recent First Lady at all , it must be Rosalyn Carter who liked to attend the odd cabinet meeting and who had an official lunch with Jimmy Carter each week , just so they could discuss political matters . |
| 9 | Just so they can have a day off or something . |
| 10 | erm But I do think that women need to have much more of a sense of their own power , or at least of the fact that they 're not as powerless as they think of themselves as being , and so they can say when the tutor puts his hand on their knee or something like that ‘ I 'm sorry , would you take your hand away , that 's not part of our relationship ’ or something that just so they do n't have to feel so bad about it . |
| 11 | If the weekend is fine the rain waits for Monday , just so it can give the working week a gloomy send off . |
| 12 | I step it up to the bar just so it looks like I 've got some goal in life . |
| 13 | In desperation , Ari started marking the days off on a chart , just so she could see the rime they had left on the road diminishing . |
| 14 | Just so she can be mistaken for someone else . ’ |
| 15 | I sometimes think she half-hopes one 'll come up to her one night , just so she can spit in his eye . " |
| 16 | Just so she can change her perception of it all . |
| 17 | I had to stop myself telling her that I had another party to go to on Christmas evening — just so I could stay home after everyone had left and stuff my face with leftovers . |
| 18 | ‘ No , you 're supposed to abandon Masquerade just so I can earn a few thousand dollars . ’ |
| 19 | It was so enjoyable that at the headwall I took a line up the steepest part , just so I could play about hanging from the holds . |
| 20 | ‘ We went to one beforehand just so I could see what it was like and what you did . |
| 21 | When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’ |
| 22 | She 'd sat on my lap in a friendly way , true , but that was just so I could get a better fix on her rug . |
| 23 | I 've assembled his biography brick by brick , just so I can have the pleasure of taking it apart . |
| 24 | She really believed I would put up with anything she threw at me just so I could possess her . |
| 25 | Perhaps I should remove some of this wet clothing , just so I can see the extent of your injuries . ’ |
| 26 | I had this brilliant idea to blend into the scenery just so I could keep an eye on you . |
| 27 | Just so I know exactly what I 'm doing . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , no , that 's just so I can see the band better . ’ |
| 29 | I 'd go into Fortnum 's and try on a sable coat just so I would n't die before I 'd worn one . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll go round , ’ said Simon , ‘ a couple more times , just so you can see what a long way down it is , and then , when we get right up there , right to the top , I 'm going to chuck you out . ’ |