Example sentences of "so he [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 GAZZA knows that when in Rome , do as the Romans — so he got into the spirit with some impressive hand waving and high passion during a training match .
2 He was twenty-five then and did n't want to get married , so he kept on the cottage and looked after himself .
3 Provincial Muslims , so he discovered to his horror , could sometimes behave almost as badly .
4 James II succeeded to the throne but the favourite illegitimate son of Charles II , the Duke of Monmouth , did not approve so he landed in the West Country and encouraged a Protestant revolt , but much of the public supported the King and the uprising was suppressed .
5 ‘ He loved the work in the yard , and that was taken away from him , so he came to Sakata .
6 So he came to you and said can you put me up and you did ? ’ asked an unfeeling Coffin .
7 Robyn found herself saying , ‘ So he went for a drive to let off some steam and that was the last … ’
8 He climbed the three steps to the door , and pushed at it , but it was securely locked , so he went to the nearest window .
9 ‘ Next , Stapleton learned that Sir Henry had reached England , so he went to London .
10 Gundovald claimed to be a son of Chlothar I. Chlothar denied the claim , but his brother Childebert I at first accepted it , as also did Chlothar 's son Charibert I. Despite this support , Gundovald was rejected by Sigibert , another of Chlothar 's sons , so he went to Italy , where he was received by the Byzantine general , Narses , and from there to Constantinople .
11 So he said , Oh I w yes but he says , just come along with him , so he went to the funeral and then he
12 Of course they did n't get the portable with this , they rang them up , said where 's my colour portable said I 'll put you on to the manager anyway they had some deal that night that erm to launch this Mini Mayfair or whatever it was wine and cheese thing so he went to the wine and cheese thing and worried he was gon na kick up a fuss so they gave him a telly anyway .
13 He wanted to expand , so he went into partnership with someone he 'd been doing business with .
14 He needed some toothpaste so he went into the chemists .
15 He wanted to help practically , so he went around the borough and elsewhere , looking for talent .
16 That evening Wycliffe 's after-dinner walk took him once more to Newlyn , but it was a fine evening and still light so he continued along the coast road , past the stone quarries , to Mousehole .
17 One such person was John Devoy , who was associated with the Irish Republican Brotherhood and who was also in close touch with the Germans , so he arranged for supplies of arms to be shipped to Ireland .
18 His scientific ideas had harmed his political chances before , so he stuck to generalities about preserving memorials of the distant past .
19 We talked a bit ; it got late so he slept in the house .
20 He 's head of er he 's senior editor of classics at E M I , so he latched onto this sort of , you know
21 When school was over , Mr Trilby decided to investigate further , so he walked to the house where Miss Trunchbull lived on the edge of the village , the lovely small red-brick Georgian building known as The Red House , tucked away in the woods behind the hills .
22 Matter of fact Dad , he agreed with the management for er er er You see the management never wanted anybody on the minimum wage , never wanted to be on the min , so he agreed with 'em f for a special price for our coal we got out .
23 Dexter knew they were hungry for information so he winked at them and made a thumbs-up sign .
24 He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time .
25 From long experience , Belinda 's younger brothers would have known in an instant by the crisp , deceptively mild tone that she was no longer fooling around , but unfortunately Greg Carey was n't possessed of this experience , so he said on a thick , purring note , ‘ Because you need to loosen up , get rid of some inhibitions .
26 He could understand — so he said to the top brass after the Frenchman had departed — why the French took exception to an Englishman holding such a key position in Europe .
27 I did n't make any answer , so he said to the attorney :
28 So after they 'd been using this stuff with no windows open or anything , one of the workmen began to feel a little bit groggy so he said to his mate and open the back door Charlie , will you , I 'm feeling a bit groggy .
29 Cos he 'd report there was a there were n't enough water inside the place , so he said to my father , say to him , he 'd say er do n't you tell me all thick he 'd say , I dredge the bloody river , he say .
30 So erm Still so he said to me , What 'll do ?
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