Example sentences of "for [pron] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three old mill stones serve as the steps up to the door of the mill , an aesthetically appealing alternative use for them now that they are no longer required for the purpose for which they were designed . |
| 2 | He had not been searching specially for them so that , as he wrote in his journal , " It is sufficient to disturb the composure of an entomologist 's mind to look forward to the future dimensions of a complete catalogue " . |
| 3 | You 're just trying to amuse me — to set it up for me so that I can walk up and down the room gasping and shouting ‘ I do n't believe it ! ’ |
| 4 | It was one your uncle David brought up for me so that I could get take it to pieces to make the car we 'd got better . |
| 5 | I 've actually seen erm er been in a workshop as a participant where a chap who was excellent at this had what he did was while while the participants were doing some sort of an exercise he was actually making these tiny notes up in the top corner for himself so that when he when he came to the next sort of section that he wanted he 'd he 'd got he 'd got the odd notes just up there in the corner . |
| 6 | she 's just giving , she 's just give me an adult education centre there at Spinny Hill , Northampton and she said they put everything in perspective for you so that you know where you 've got to start , what is available to you and then she said if you go down the job centre and ask them if E T , education , employment training |
| 7 | door really , says I 'll squeeze the floor for you so that you |
| 8 | Now obviously if Isobel did that , she could write some notes in a form that was actually readable for you so that you could actually I mean I know the discussion would be more difficult but you would have quite a lot of information from her to go on . |
| 9 | That thing where erm she , she worked for him so that |
| 10 | He walks in front , holds back branches , waiting for her so that they do n't whip back in her face . |
| 11 | Sometimes she brings her children with her , which I do n't much like , and sometimes she leaves them with her sister , which I like even less , because for her to have her two children minded for her so that she can mind my one is simply crazy . |
| 12 | Yet somehow Paige had always felt protective of her cousin , covering up for her so that she did n't get into trouble with her parents . |
| 13 | I ought to feel something for her now that she 's gone , but I do n't . " |
| 14 | ‘ And we want her to get a nice lot of money for it so that she can afford to go and visit her nephew up North , ’ added Mary . |
| 15 | Your face is so beautiful , I 'm thinking of finding a mask for it so that I can get through the day … |
| 16 | six two O twos , and we 're not going to replace it with anything , and we have an opportunity if we go for it now that we could replace them with sixteen double O fours and the projections are |
| 17 | In the parable of the unjust steward , our Lord applauds the cleverness , astuteness and prudence of the unjust steward and in conclusion addresses his listeners , ‘ Use your worldly wealth to win friends for yourselves so that when money is a thing of the past you may be received into an eternal home ’ ( Luke 16:9 ) . |
| 18 | Turning from ministers to backbenchers , for the younger , more ambitious members the task is to defend their party and to make a reputation for themselves so that they will , in due course , be promoted to a junior office or , on the other side , to a shadow post . |
| 19 | When we arrived at Jaipur my father told us that he had sent for us so that we could go with him tiger-shooting . |
| 20 | I see Inspector Rose again , and then perhaps he will have news for us so that we can resume our holiday , ’ Auguste said optimistically . |
| 21 | What they 're able to do with that money this year and in that way we can make a reasonable assessment as to what has to be done next year and the years after and budget all , but we 're talking about how they 're going to spend the money that we 've just earlier on voted for , for us so that we can see what is being done and also that the public can see because after all this all came up , the report to the ombudsman and the public will not be satisfied about our performance on that . |
| 22 | tried to borrow a bike for us so that we could bike round , but when she |