Example sentences of "to [pers pn] so that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is communicated can easily be a view that ignores other religions , or that interprets them inadequately within terms of a comparison with one 's own , or that accepts them without trying to relate to them so that they exist in a kind of schizophrenic soup in the mind and emotions . |
| 2 | Would not my right hon. Friend be insulting British farmers if he were to suggest that he should decimate the financial support available to them so that it could be given to M. Delors for use as a slush fund for so-called cohesion — a bribe to the countries of southern Europe ? |
| 3 | I append a list of the 15 drawings that we should like to borrow , and should be grateful if you would assign individual values to them so that I may arrange for them to be covered by government indemnity while in our care . |
| 4 | That 's why she would sometimes sign the order over to me so that I could put it through my account — otherwise she had to queue up at the post office , as I said . ’ |
| 5 | That each morning , like a beautiful woman , it will reveal some hidden facet to me so that I will never be bored with its presence . ’ |
| 6 | He gave it to me so that I could come in and out to you as I like . |
| 7 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 8 | " I 'm just saying this to you so that you can be prepared . " |
| 9 | ‘ And you asked her to give it to you so that you could return it to Rick . |
| 10 | Marjorie turned her back to him so that he could help her out of her coat . |
| 11 | We are told that his decision not to do so was influenced by his impression that the judge was hostile to him so that he was reluctant to be questioned by the judge . |
| 12 | Lloyds Bank released the bills back to him so that he could sell them and thereby obtain the money to pay off the loan from the Bank . |
| 13 | I give way to him so that he can enlighten us . |
| 14 | She sat next to him so that she could cut up his food and discreetly help his wavering hand shove it into his mouth . |
| 15 | He 'd go to her , gather her to him so that she felt the hardness of him against her . |
| 16 | ‘ You are being foolish beyond permission ! ’ he declared angrily , his hands dragging her to him so that his feverish glare burned into her eyes . |
| 17 | Glowing now after her exercise , she sat down on the rock and pulled her skirts over her knees , hugging them to her so that her chin could rest there while she gazed . |
| 18 | It was funny how quickly she had got used to it , sitting there with them watching her while she swabbed her nipple and lifted the baby close to her so that he could reach it . |
| 19 | He absently slid his programme nearer to her so that it touched him now , glancing at her out of the corner of his eye . |
| 20 | I have not yet beckoned to her so that she will come running to me , so that I shall lie with her today and tonight and tomorrow , and for a great many tomorrows . |
| 21 | No matter bow close you are to your home , never lead a suspicious person to it so that he can see you enter an empty house/ flat alone . |
| 22 | Unthinking , he had placed himself not in front of the desk but at an angle to it so that he was closer to the pipes , and he wondered how long the interview would last because it was short of thirty minutes until the call to the Kitchen for dinner and the hunger pain pinched at his stomach . |
| 23 | We simply stand the horse sideways to a solid fence or wall , so that the horse is less likely to think of swivelling around , and stroke its neck and talk quietly to it so that it is relaxed . |
| 24 | [ If the balance in your PEP falls below £500 you will be given the option to withdraw the full balance or add to it so that it rises above the minimum level ] . |
| 25 | to it so that you prefer to use it to the other one . |
| 26 | If not , would the person ( or persons ) responsible please make themselves known to us so that their contribution can be duly catalogued . |