Example sentences of "so i [modal v] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it looks a bit full , so I might try the sauna instead . ’ |
| 2 | MARY SPENCER — Mary = marry , so I would see the lady as a bride coming out of a well-known High Street shop which has somehow been cut cleanly in half . |
| 3 | Actually , when I first bought it , I did n't like the amount of top-end in the sound so I used to roll the tone control way back and I ended up finding all these different tones in the guitar . |
| 4 | I have known Trevor for many years and he is a mass of seething hate before breakfast most days , so I could smell the revenge in him even above ‘ Jock ’ McDougall 's armpits before we left the changing room this afternoon . |
| 5 | For this review I asked the PR firm promoting FAXgrabber to send me a fax so I could demonstrate the program in operation . |
| 6 | That 's why he made things so I could buy the boy out . |
| 7 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 8 | Although my certificate in Sociology had not yet come , I knew that my next and most important study must be Theology , only so I could understand the situation that my children would face in the future , and other people 's children would have to meet as well . |
| 9 | I guess I wanta play polo better so I can beat the shit out of them on the field . ’ |
| 10 | It is n't really stealing , she reassured herself : I live here so I can eat the food . |
| 11 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 12 | When relations grew particularly bad he became the child go-between in a household of warring parents : ‘ Ask your father if it would break his heart to change channels so I can watch the news . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I play a lot of hockey as well and that 's all bending down , so I can approach the ball much more fluently than a bigger guy . |
| 14 | As it is I can hold conversations of about the standard that a three-year-old Parisian can manage ( well , a slightly retarded three-year-old ) so I can understand the problem a young horse has . |
| 15 | Slattery 's the travel people , have given me an open ticket , so I can cross the water any day I feel like . |
| 16 | Fortunately there was little damage , so I can remember the event with hilarity . |
| 17 | I 've assembled his biography brick by brick , just so I can have the pleasure of taking it apart . |
| 18 | ‘ So I can find the driver . |
| 19 | Perhaps I should remove some of this wet clothing , just so I can see the extent of your injuries . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , no , that 's just so I can see the band better . ’ |
| 21 | ) So I 'd say the probability is pretty high that there 's Gittel blood on both sides . ’ |