Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] [pron] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan had not returned Armstrong by six , so I presumed it would be the next morning . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , there was n't much money in your wallet , not for a gent like you , so I thought there must be a bit in the letter . ’ |
| 3 | Andrew 's coming home for the weekend so I thought it would be nice to have a drinks party . |
| 4 | It 's very difficult for an English group to make it there , so I thought it would be nice to a French one because I quite admire that conservative spirit . |
| 5 | She added : ‘ A lot of people have walked up the Eiffel Tower so I thought it would be something different to go backwards . |
| 6 | A local farmer grazes his cattle on the slope , so I thought it might be possible to get permission to detect on his land . |
| 7 | They told me at the hospital that you 've worked with him in the past , so I thought you might be able to help me with my general enquiries . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 've been sleeping for hours , so I thought you might be about ready to get up . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's been a while , so I figured I 'd be rusty . |
| 10 | ‘ I am carrying a load of wiring and electronic equipment so I knew they would be interested in it , but I am completely in favour of this type of search . ’ |
| 11 | Matt Hensley stays crouched low , so I figure it must be a good way to skate streets . |
| 12 | ‘ Estelle 's a serious chatterer , ’ he said , ‘ so I reckon they 'll be gone for at least two hours . ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes the thoughts and feelings I had did n't really agree with each other , so I decided I must be lots of different people inside my brain . |
| 14 | The 1930s were hard times , so I think they will be forgiven for this slight oversight . |
| 15 | But she has n't been there for a few weeks now so I think she might be ill . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's quiet and the light 's good , so I think it 'll be ideal . |
| 17 | And , of course , Tita [ the Baroness ] is very energetic and is at the museum a lot and has worked very hard on it , so I think it will be a success . |
| 18 | This was the first time he had ever talked about himself , so she knew it must be very important and felt flattered that he was confiding in her . |
| 19 | The high heels of Mrs Stych 's new , mink-trimmed bootees were now sinking into the Frizzell lawn and threatening to snap at any moment , so she knew she must be quick . |
| 20 | Trade had been bad that night so she thought he 'd be her last trick . |
| 21 | ‘ So you thought I 'd be content to be your girlfriend , your mistress ? ’ she enquired , her face blank . |
| 22 | And do n't let your search for material lead you to choose the obscure for obscurity 's sake , so you feel you will be sure to stun the panel with a piece that has no good professional background . |
| 23 | It 's going to be much colder at altitude than on the ground , but one help is the fact that you move with the wind , so you do n't get so much of a wind chill factor as you are on the ground , and we 'll be putting on extra layers when we actually take off , so we hope we 'll be warm enough . |
| 24 | There is hardly any chance of her surviving as she is in the long term so we hope she will be able to have the transplant soon . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ So we decided it would be much better to have a combined living , eating , kitchen room instead — it 's very informal and suits our lifestyle . |
| 26 | ‘ We have already sold 87 per cent of our tickets so we think it should be a sell-out despite this article . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The whole House thing was happening then , so they thought it would be a good idea to send us to Chicago , ’ says Eric . |
| 28 | All too often people have a board with footstraps , so they assume they should be doing funboard manoeuvres , such as the carve gybe . |
| 29 | On Monday 27 February Fleischmann and Pons were due to bring their working cell to Brigham Young University for the neutron spectrum to be measured , but a graduate student had to go to a funeral and so they suggested it would be better to come at the end of the week instead . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , it seems to make candidiasis more likely , so anyone taking it would be well advised to adopt a sugar-free diet during the treatment , and for a month or so afterwards . |