Example sentences of "that he can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Participant observation , then , is an attempt to put both observer and observed on the same side by making the former a member of the group so that he can experience what they experience and work within their frame of reference .
2 A three-times World speedway champion has been taking motorbike lessons … so that he can pass his test .
3 Where , however , the entry of the goods was inevitable , not only is there no liability for trespass on the part of their owner , but the view that he can retake them seems to be right , even if there is no direct decision to that effect .
4 I do n't think there is any way that he can realise what I am going through .
5 The result of his planning so far is what he calls ‘ the R&D Initiative for the NHS ’ — something that he recognises must be visible and simple so that he can present it ‘ succinctly ’ to boardrooms and to nonspecialist health professionals , such as managers .
6 But in his 3–6 6–4 2–6 6–1 6–4 victory , one had to admit that Courier has character and a burning conviction that he can beat anyone .
7 I want Bob to become well known , too , so that he can liberate himself from me . ’
8 In the Sheriff Court , there are fourteen days to enter appearance , but to do so here it is necessary to produce to the Sheriff Clerk the Service Copy Writ so that he can satisfy himself from when the fourteen days is calculated .
9 So it is only if he admits the strength of the argument from error that he can think he is getting anywhere by refuting PC k .
10 A MAN accused of having sex with a 15-year-old schoolgirl walked free yesterday — so that he can marry her .
11 He 's got his own skateboard ramp in his back garden and he video tapes what he does so that he can watch what he 's doing wrong and all the rest of it .
12 Mr Smart has been assured that his TV licence is on its way , and that he can watch his television set with no worry of having a visit by a TV licensing inquiry officer . ’
13 He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House .
14 The child who has been moving boats and other objects that float on the surface of the water , suddenly discovers that he can make them sink by holding them down or pouring water on top of them .
15 ‘ His underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place , ’ explains Charles Handy , who picked Gould out from a handful of students at the London Business School ‘ because he stood out in a group of people as by far the most interesting , and that was because he was determined to have control over his life ’ .
16 Philip Gould ( right ) : his underlying motive is that he wants to change the world , not so he can manage it , but so that he can make it a different place .
17 But he calls it a world , and he 's such a good writer that he can make it seem like one .
18 We know that he can handle everything . ’
19 I must never forget that He can influence us to right interpretation and thinking and even to some inspired initiative of love .
20 Of course , you 'll have to tell Charlie , but by the time you 're free , Emma will be of age , such an age that he can do nothing to hold her .
21 Little wonder that the doctor now feels that he can do what he likes with us .
22 It is the firm belief that he can do something for them through Jesus .
23 and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies .
24 Agnew knows that he has to prove to manager Kenny Dalglish not only that he can make a comeback but also that he can do his stuff at the highest level .
25 Now he is proving that he can do it here with 55-yard boundaries , and when he is batting with Paul Parker , another incredibly fast man between the wickets , it is going to be very difficult for sides to control them . ’
26 He says he does n't feel that he can do it , does he ?
27 He wants us to be with Him , so that He can show us His Love .
28 cos there 's things that he can show you and
29 And I said Mark 's here so that he can switch it switch it off at nights .
30 Melvyn Hayes played the younger son who wants to give up technical college and the chance of a job as an engineer so that he can fulfil his literary ambitions .
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