Example sentences of "[noun pl] so [conj] i [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 As you know , I see all appraisal training requests so that I can follow them up as appropriate .
2 I used to even give up my lunch hours so that I could come home and take the dog out !
3 It needs a very large orchestra and I needed a lot of rehearsals so that I could have time to explain the piece fully to the orchestra .
4 I feel confident because I know I came out to help : directly , by leading them as well as an officer can ; indirectly , by watching their sufferings so that I may plead for them as well as I can .
5 They shackled my legs so that I could not run .
6 He fumbled his way into the chair provided for visitors and put a hand over his lips so that I should n't see how close he was to tears .
7 However , I felt we still needed more trials so that I could prove without doubt that my inch loss theory worked .
8 And give me a pair of tongs so that I can take one out of the water at a time . ’
9 I had a meal out with a friend recently , and now we 've got mother into hospital for a few weeks so that I can take my husband away on holiday .
10 I have bought a display book of transparent folders from the stationers so that I can put each pattern sheet into one of the pockets , together with a note of any information such as techniques used and any variations tried .
11 I appreciate that such proposals raise cost , operating and Health & safety issues , and would be grateful for your observations so that I may report back to my Committee .
12 I like to rehearse the bad things so that I 'll know how to behave when they really happen . ’
13 I am now trying , in vain , to uuencode the files so that I can send them to anyone who wants them thro' mail .
14 But all I 'm asking for is an all-glass tank four feet long , and around 18″ × 18″ so that I can watch my shoals patrolling its full length .
15 I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him .
16 I am hoping this will improve my grasp of the key issues so that I can make a more direct contribution on this front in future .
17 If I were to ask a school-teacher to choose for me a sample which she considered to be a fair cross-section of her pupils so that I could interview them for a survey , there would almost certainly be a personal bias in the sample given to me .
18 So then I 'll need to go and get my pads and my bandages so that I can put this right , you 'll need two of these for this bandage , the first one , you open out so that the pad is going to go into the palm of her hand and that over the top and she is going to grab hold of the other one like that , okay , now we 've got the wad in there and she 's hanging on to it , but it was the sterile part of the bandage as I undid it that went on to the wound , there is no time for dressing here is there ?
19 You spoke when your face was turned away from me ’ or ‘ I 'll move this vase of flowers so that I can see your face clearly . ’
20 The girls started to arrive and I looked busy with a pile of papers so that I would n't have to talk to them .
21 As for the little animals , the gerbils , white mice and hamsters , they had to die their muddy little ploppy deaths so that I could get to the Skull of Old Saul .
22 Glumdalclitch carried me inside a small box , which had air-holes so that I could breathe .
23 Can you recommend some manufacturers of baby carriers so that I can bring my son along too ?
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