Example sentences of "so [pron] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I know that you use an answering machine , so I ignored it . |
| 2 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 3 | I looked to Mrs for guidance ; she looked amused , so I surmised it was not the inception of a punishment for my earlier and inconvenient frankness . |
| 4 | Disconnect the mains lead to your PC and plug it into the Expert ; there are two sockets for power leads leaving the UPS , so I checked it out with two PCs . |
| 5 | Women make their own minds up about what they want to do , I find , so I left it ; but about a year ago she invited me to a party and indicated that whoever it had been was no longer around . |
| 6 | I thought I would dig it up again , and put it in her bed , all covered with mould , so that she would know it was dead , but after a while she stopped crying , so I left it there . |
| 7 | I went back to Ralemberg 's house but it was all sealed up like a tomb so I left it alone . |
| 8 | I had no intention of taking the Transit up West — I 'd had enough trouble round the launderette , which doubles as a common room for the junior branch of the Hackney National Front — so I left it parked outside the front door in exactly the spot where Frank and Salome usually plug in the nightlight for their VW Golf . |
| 9 | The sail had been a hindrance , making sport of me at each whim of the wind , so I lowered it . |
| 10 | I knew she might get it wrong , so I spelled it for her , ’ Paul says . |
| 11 | At least , all the other eighteen-year-olds I knew were like this , so I presumed it was normal . |
| 12 | Duncan had not returned Armstrong by six , so I presumed it would be the next morning . |
| 13 | ‘ It was too sexy for the song so I toned it down . ’ |
| 14 | So I thought , ‘ Ah , I 'll just write it anyway , ’ so I made it up from beginning to end . |
| 15 | You had n't told your wife about it , so I thought it was probably bad news , and that it might have upset you enough to — well , to do something . |
| 16 | Andrew 's coming home for the weekend so I thought it would be nice to have a drinks party . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If you cast your mind back to the 1966 World Cup , you may recall that Pak Doo Ik , the North Korean forward , also wore odd shorts and he went on to score the winner against Italy , so I thought it was worth a try . |
| 19 | If we 'd just attacked they 'd have killed you immediately , so I thought it best to try and get you to a safer distance before anything happened . ’ |
| 20 | About this time I had , by a certain wicked attempt — for I had a bold heart which rather put me upon courting than avoiding danger — set a hornet 's nest about my ears so I thought it better to remove myself to France and be a little more discreet in my armours . |
| 21 | A local farmer grazes his cattle on the slope , so I thought it might be possible to get permission to detect on his land . |
| 22 | Anyway , I was sure my husband would forbid me to use the pill , so I thought it was better to use condoms . |
| 23 | " Tim was four years older than me , and quite clearly destined to be something successful in life , " he would remember , " so I thought it better to stay with him . |
| 24 | ‘ So I thought it best to lie low for a while ; keep the nose clean by cutting out the rowdies . |
| 25 | She added : ‘ A lot of people have walked up the Eiffel Tower so I thought it would be something different to go backwards . |
| 26 | I thought it was my spine but I could move my limbs so I thought it could n't be too bad . ’ |
| 27 | I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman . |
| 28 | I assumed something was wrong with the unit , so I took it back from where I bought it and got another one . |
| 29 | When I wrote it in 1971 there was a postal strike , so I took it up to the BBC personally . |
| 30 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |