Example sentences of "so that [pron] knew [pron] " in BNC.

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1 So that we knew what pattern the tiles had been in .
2 With grave face and totally businesslike voice he began to talk about the beginnings of this place , of the way he had planned and discussed the enterprise , and how he had enabled the local people to be involved all the way through , so that they knew what he was planning , and they did n't feel threatened by him , but collaborated with him , knowing that it meant jobs , roads and plumbing and a higher standard of living for them all .
3 The universe inside her mind exploded her out from its centre of I and other beings poured into her so that she knew their inner selves .
4 He had a clear , incisive mind and might be able to blow some of the cobwebs away so that she knew what to say to Amsterdam when the time came .
5 Mr Reynolds was also given information about the operation and what would happen to him afterwards so that he knew what to expect .
6 And she drew his hand closer and laid her cheek on it , so that he knew she , too , was thinking of Bruges , when she had allowed him that right , and of Ghent , and of a place by a waterfall .
7 I could see , as he sang , the years drop away — so that I knew him : the young and hopeful singer , all the best to come , a bottle no more than something to be cracked among friends .
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