Example sentences of "[vb past] so [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm masquerading , playing fashion games , ’ she whispered so they could all hear , ‘ unlike ma belle Katherine , who will never feel the need to . |
| 2 | And he got so he could gradually do without it and he never stuttered again . |
| 3 | Her legs trembled so they would hardly carry her . |
| 4 | Later he has the android 's brain upgraded so it can cope with hunting expeditions and personal meetings , even Cabinet discussions with the Emperor present , all so that he can spend more time dallying with the princess . |
| 5 | George moved so she could get out of the chair . |
| 6 | Adrian Titcombe , the FA 's crowd management co-ordinator , said : ‘ We want to be clear where the trouble occurred so we will study all the reports before coming to any conclusion . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So do I. I liked the way she muttered so you could hardly hear when she was being funny . |
| 8 | I know it 's , I knew it was Needham Station and it was between station to station , you see , not er anything to do with the public but that 's where I learnt so we used to er take er messages from station to station and I used to speak to the girl at Merrith down the line . |
| 9 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
| 10 | He had been instrumental in getting Volkov released so she could take up her appointment in Geneva . |
| 11 | ‘ You know sometimes I wish it would make one that worked so I could fly away from here altogether . ’ |
| 12 | Anthony Butler , technical officer for the British Parachute Association , said that on leaving the Cessna plane at 10,000ft , Mr Tipping was required to deploy a throw-away pilot chute packed so it would not open , to give the impression of trailing behind . |
| 13 | No , I 've got a diary at home the one , cos I lost one , I bought another one and then I found the one I supposedly lost so I 'll use that one . |
| 14 | What do you think specific I give up you started , you started so you can finish . |
| 15 | I 've got nearly over five hundred quid , then the petrol and then food where you could n't get food donated , and new tyres for the bike before I went so you could only get on the road . |
| 16 | They died so we could live . |
| 17 | That , that was the start , the start of it , I think how it actually commenced so they used to get in each other 's houses and play a few games of cards dominoes and draughts things like that , and they , they took over they must have actually bought the houses before they built the club . |
| 18 | It might have continued like this indefinitely if I had n't picked up a copy of the Kensington News , a paper Daphne took so she could find out what was showing at the local picture house . |
| 19 | Use pliers or a small spanner to turn the spindle to full on , noting how many turns this took so you can then restore it to its original position later . |
| 20 | What was needed was a good control system which would tell them where in the organization the problem lay so they could tackle it at source . |
| 21 | In his other hand a grenade with the pin removed so he could n't put it down to free himself from the handcuffs , and so from the chair , and so from the room . |
| 22 | Mr Barnet — it was clearly he — continued to look at her , and while he did so she could not look away . |
| 23 | ‘ For if he did so he 'd be proving my word worthless . |
| 24 | Not for the first time he wished he believed in something as much as Gurder did so he could complain to it about his life . |
| 25 | ALISON LIMERICK : ‘ Where Love Lives ’ ( Arista ) cutting her cake both ways with this re-release of her massive club hit , remixed so she can have her doughnut and eat it — out on Monday |
| 26 | Now keep your nasty mouth shut so we can all watch this programme in peace . ’ |
| 27 | And here 's me , fuck I wish you 'd keep your fucking trap shut so I can tell him what it is ! |
| 28 | ‘ I worked all my life and saved so I would have no worry when I retired but it 's a different story now . |
| 29 | Are n't agricultural prices subsidized twice , they 're subsidized to the farmers , so the farmer gets X for growing it which increases the price automatically on the market , but are n't they subsidized so they can be sold abroad ? |
| 30 | He shifted so he could look at her . |