Example sentences of "so [conj] [noun prp] [noun prp] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ So that Aunt Margaret can sell things to people by writing the prices down , she being dumb . ’ |
2 | When that number was over people started calling for order so that Mrs Buckley could do one of her songs . |
3 | It is hoped that some of this will go towards special development project for the north east so that Jennie Appleby can come onto the staff on a more permanent basis . |
4 | So maybe the Indians understood this and tipped up the raft because they were trying to kill Father Firmin ( me ! ) so that Father Antonio would survive and baptise them . |
5 | Hundreds of riot police then charged repeatedly at scores of Left-wingers and pushed them back from the podium so that President Weizsaecker could begin his speech . |
6 | There were other more unusual tasks — warming the Bible in front of the fire ready for Miss Phoebe 's daily reading , and putting a bowl of mustard and water under the table so that Miss Jarman could soak her feet during breakfast . |
7 | At weekends a special train was kept with steam up in the hotel station yard , so that Mr Stanford could leave at moment 's notice if his business affairs called . |
8 | Poor Madame Moulton found that Princess Metternich had acquired a quantity of corn on the cob which she had persuaded the Empress to have cooked and served so that Mme Moulton could give a demonstration of how it should be eaten . |