Example sentences of "so [pron] could [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What did you want me to do , Naomi , tell you to look deep into my eyes so I could make a formal introduction ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After all , everything was sown and the harvest was still some weeks away , so I could afford a little time off . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I crawled along the line of the fence to the nearest point I dare , so I could get a good view of it . |
| 6 | ‘ The decided to fight her case for her so she could make a good job of it , ’ Mr Robinson claimed . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , they wheeled me over to Ophthalmology so she could have a good look , ’ Faye told him . |
| 8 | I unfolded it carefully and turned it around so she could see the front page . |
| 9 | The man 's trembling want of her made her feel that speck grow into a force ; she began to enjoy denying him , then permitting him again , she used her strength to grip and pin him and squeeze him in parts that made him cry out , to gouge and scratch his pale , thin flesh , she fortified him with tisanes that make men what was called in her language ‘ cross ’ , and gave him leaves to chew to stay his excitement so she could explore the crustacean pinkness of his flesh and turn her curiosity and its tinge of disgust to a form of power over him which gave her pleasure . |
| 10 | Somebody were sure to say or do suthen so you could have a good laugh . |
| 11 | It also has two 3.5-inch bays , so you could add a second hard disk , to expand your server or to add extra protection . |
| 12 | He was n't particularly happy with the idea , but kindly decided to let me try after an RSPCA inspector had seen the condition of the dog , and had judged how much she weighed , so we could give the correct dosage . |
| 13 | They actually reached Klagenfurt a few hours after us , so we could secure the best buildings and put sentries in them . |
| 14 | So erm , cos downstairs , we had it all extended , so we could have a disabled bathroom and that sort of thing and , |
| 15 | Whatever , if we 're writing two policies , he can be classed as an existing client , so we could have a reduced minimum . |
| 16 | Patrick was born in January but with the hectic promotion battle under way at Prenton Park , Chris and Christina left his baptism until after the soccer season so they could stage a big family party . |
| 17 | TWO men decided to stage a burglary at their home so they could sell a hired television and video recorder , a court heard . |
| 18 | The whole job had to be finished so they could catch the same ferry back . |
| 19 | Alborne seemed content to sit on their eight-goal lead but , when four Whaddon players left the pitch with ten minutes to go so they could catch the last bus , it was too good an opportunity to miss , and Alborne finally ran out winners by eleven goals to nil . |
| 20 | Last night , emergency services were hoping that the weather would hold so they could begin the massive clean-up operation today . |
| 21 | Everyone knew the words , so they could follow the distorted reproduction successfully . |
| 22 | The range fire was stoked so they could have a Last Bath . |
| 23 | Graham picked up his holdalls and walked away to the cafeteria , where he changed a couple of Swiss francs into loose change then made a call on one of the public telephones , positioning himself in such a way so he could study the two men as he described them to Philpott . |
| 24 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's loads of them at the Standard , ’ said Cooper , persuasively , so persuasively in fact , that we ended up at 7.00 am outside Holborn Tube with a banner declaring Flirting for London , handing leaflets to men and flowers to women , so he could get a good photograph for his story . |
| 26 | Koch had hoped to remove Conner from the final trials , which begin on Saturday , so he could spend the next 25 days honing his chosen boat for the America 's Cup match against one of the two challengers — New Zealand or Il Moro de Venecia — which starts on May 9 . |
| 27 | He gestured for her to move aside so he could take a closer look at the microphone . |
| 28 | It was simply so he could say a few nice words about the latest wonder shoe to roll off the Japanese production line . |
| 29 | She was , however , a generous goddess , and would give freely of her magic to that same soil so it could support the next generation with crops ; she was , therefore , both a grave and a womb at once . |