Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] so [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He ca n't stay there all winter , ’ said Libby as they slipped out early , the house having been woken by their father getting up , trying to pull his boots on , shutting the dogs in the boiler shed so that they would not follow . |
| 2 | It 's kind of late now and I 'm in no condition to drive so when I get the 205 I only take it as far as the outskirts of Inverness where I stop at the first lit Bed and Breakfast sign I see and talk politely and slowly to the pleasant middle-aged couple from Glasgow who run the place and then say goodnight , close the door of my room and fall fast asleep on the bed without even taking off my jacket . |
| 3 | On Monday morning he drove the car to work so that he could show his colleagues the slightly dented bumper . |
| 4 | A vital feature of this project is that it was not merely an action project with research added on , but action designed so that it could be researched . |
| 5 | He says transport is very very cheap for firms and it 's been made cheaper by successive governments building more roads to help freight and also by raising the weight limits so that we 've got bigger and bigger lorries . |
| 6 | There is a previewer provided so that you can see what each of the styles looks like in combination with any of the 12 slide templates . |
| 7 | She told herself she wanted to have her photograph taken so that she could send it to Aunt Sarah , but really it was for herself . |
| 8 | Anyone who wants the Ring does so because they are convinced that they could use it in order to destroy Darkness . |
| 9 | In the middle and upper classes at least , children stayed " children " for longer ( it was harder for a child to remain so when it was working at the age of 12 or 13 ) ; girls and young women were more shielded from experience outside the home ; parents were , on the whole , stricter and more repressive . |
| 10 | He finds that although the globular bodies of the histone molecules no longer contact the DNA of heavily transcribed genes , their charged tails still do , leading him to suggest that they remain tethered by their tails while the polymerase passes so that they can rapidly ‘ snap back ’ into their former structure . |
| 11 | They are manufactured from artificial grass that is sand based so that they are more receptive to well- hit shots . |
| 12 | And then I thought I would write and suggest that she should suggest herself to tea one day and not only did she have the effrontery to do so but she brought her husband . |
| 13 | It is essential that the teamwork and positive approach to our work continues so that we can cope with any increase which may be generated from an improvement in trading . |
| 14 | As a start one should ask , ‘ Is the vehicle constructed so that it can be mechanically propelled ? ’ i.e. is there a mechanical means of propulsion other than ‘ person power ’ alone , e.g. pedalling a pedal cycle . |
| 15 | Do n't ask whether the engine is in working order but ask ‘ Is the vehicle constructed so that it can be mechanically propelled ? ’ |
| 16 | And how d' you get toast charred so that you 've got to scrape it off but it is n't burnt ? |
| 17 | He played with her , letting his grasp slip so that she almost toppled backwards , then saving her by pulling her roughly back into his body . |
| 18 | Another thoughtful refinement is always to arrange the knot in the abseil ropes on the top of the anchor slings so that it does n't run against the rock when pulled . |
| 19 | The more permanent way to reduce limitation , however , is to increase capacity — that is to invest time and effort in learning the skills that the job requires so that it can be done more smoothly , more confidently and more speedily . |
| 20 | Saying , if I get a farm with cows and sheep and a five-bar gate and chickens and a coop and a metal stream and a few trees about the place and a green field made of billiard cloth and a dog or two and a cat — never mind the cat — and perhaps a fox on a hill … if I get this , with a pair of ball-bearing roller skates so that I can gleam and flash and go backwards through the heavy Friday traffic and be as glamorous as Boy Davids from the Park … |
| 21 | People who go to prison for non-payment of the community charge do so because they choose to lose their liberty rather than pay the amount that is rightfully theirs to pay . |
| 22 | Aquino also stated that Marcos remained banned from the country on " national interest and security grounds " , despite her frequently stated desire to return so that she could bury her husband 's body in his native soil . |
| 23 | They have the opportunity to do so when they meet next week , ironically in New Zealand . |
| 24 | Even when , as we show later , Brazil had an opportunity to do so when it invited the multinationals to establish its automobile industry , it chose not to exercise its power for fear of discouraging potential entrants . |
| 25 | Most water companies offer the choice of having a water meter installed so that you pay for the water you actually use rather than pay water rates based on the rateable value of your house . |
| 26 | Well keep the old bolognaise stirred so that it heats up all round . |
| 27 | Is my back arched so that it is not fully in contact with the ground ? |
| 28 | When he craned to stare down at the crowds in the great square below the palace , his head moved so that it rested upon the parapet like a decoration . |
| 29 | She heard him but kept her back turned so that she would have his arms around her and then she could wriggle inside them to face him . |
| 30 | The steward of a lordship or the master of the royal game might guard the Crown 's interests as a landlord — or put in a deputy to do so but he was not concerned with the collection of taxes , the maintenance of order , and the execution of justice . |