Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] so that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think they even thought they would need to do any other sizes and they did n't proportion them so that you could interpolate . |
| 2 | You could use a largely inorganic balanced source like Growmore , and rely on the bulky peat or compost for the organic input , but better still is to use organic matter like sewage sludge , poultry , farmyard and animal manures , blend them to achieve balance both in content and time , and to dry and concentrate them so that they are pleasant to handle and easy to spread . |
| 3 | On his return to France he was so enthusiastic about them that he even planted a trial field and let the local population steal them so that they could experience this new vegetable for themselves . |
| 4 | Did you do it so that you could be with me ? " |
| 5 | Sir Humphrey was unfaithful and she had to divorce him — at least she did divorce him so that he could marry again , I believe . ’ |
| 6 | No I 'm just thinking about erm next Tuesday , I 'm supposed to working , it turns out but I shall try and work it so that I can still come shopping with you , but I shall have to leave |
| 7 | There are two things we can do with hair on the upper lip , we can either bleach it so that it does n't notice , or we can actually remove it with wax , or we can have electrolysis . |
| 8 | He would drop her , of course , sooner or later — or rather , he would engineer it so that she dropped him . |
| 9 | You should set it so that it is level with your shoulders ; to check this raise the mast beside you and mark the point . |
| 10 | How can I set it so that , soon as I do file retrieve , it lists the files from that directory ? |
| 11 | Perhaps you 'd call me so that we can discuss this . |
| 12 | Christ God dealt with the problem which spoiled his image in us and he has to do it because of fundamental thing , he 's got ta do it from the centre , you know you can get an apple , an ordinary apple and you can polish it up and you can have it so that it 's bright and glistening and the red is almost you know it , it , it , it almost dazzles you the shining on it , it 's got a real good polish on the skin , but inside , there 's a grub , and all the polishing in the world does n't get rid of the grub , and you see that 's so often what we do , we polish and polish away on the outside , that 's gon na make us better but it 's only skin deep because inside the grub is having a field day , he 's having a party of all party 's , he 's got an whole apple to himself and the grub of sin in your life and in my life is having , has a field day and we polish the outside and we try and make it look good and we be we become presentable and there like the apple on the market stall it looks good , it looks tremendous until you take a bite out of it and you see in the bit that you 've bitten there 's a , there 's a hole going through and you wonder where the grub is , is it in the bit that 's left or in the bit that you 've eaten and this is just like sin you see in our lives and so God in Christ he did n't deal with the outside bit , he did n't bother trying to make our conditions better , he did n't bother trying to work on the outside , that 's the difference between the gospel and social work and there 's nothing wrong with social work , it 's just that it 's going , it 's coming from the wrong end , it starts on the outside , it will educate people if we give them better housing , if we give them better circumstances , if we give them better wages , now all these things are right and that we should have them , but that does n't make any difference , you see , the person is a sinner , all he becomes if you educate him is an educated sinner , if you give him a huge pay rise all he becomes is a rich sinner , if you put him in a palace all he becomes is er a sinner living in a palace , it does n't make any basic difference to the person . |
| 13 | but they can sell it to shops , a crate of it to shops cheaper than than they can sell it so that means |
| 14 | I let her stroke me so that I could analyze the scent . |
| 15 | Could you tell me so that I can find the statement . |
| 16 | This would offer great possibilities for travel in space and time , but unfortunately it seems that these solutions may all be highly unstable ; the least disturbance , such as the presence of an astronaut , may change them so that the astronaut could not see the singularity until he hit it and and his time came to an end . |
| 17 | Whether shorter or longer , the important thing is to make it serve you so that it becomes not a burden but a means of personal reflection and integration . |
| 18 | How could the world fix it so that someone like Brad could ever be right ? |
| 19 | And how it fits into your life , I have the feeling that er if I could fix it so that I could do it sort of in the house , by the way , I could , I could do certain things and I could stick to them , and I would see that I 'd do them . |
| 20 | We plead not simply that God will change our circumstances , but that he will change us so that we can become catalysts , through whom his plans can be implemented . |
| 21 | and can you make it so that two out of the three can deal with it . |
| 22 | Oh yeah , but I mean you can soon sort of make it so that it 's er |
| 23 | Well I think they should make it so that you can extend it . |
| 24 | Trampling over it may damage it so that it ca n't be used . |
| 25 | Having decided that point , you should next make a list of the kitchen furniture and utensils that you would like , if not now , then later when you can better afford them so that you can plan your kitchen around specific objects . |
| 26 | I mean you may have to support them through a sort of bad patch , but the idea is to erm get them so that they can look after themselves , you know . |
| 27 | If a ship of an improved design is not a contravention of the Yasa , then surely a means of propulsion which will drive it so that it can overcome the winds and currents is also permissible . ’ |
| 28 | I hope that coaches in this country , when they are coaching youngsters , will coach them so that they do not have those kinds of weaknesses . |
| 29 | Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty ! |
| 30 | And you can just pull it so that it flattens . |