Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence or otherwise of this origin is , as yet , unknown in this twentieth century , and may remain so forever . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ Flavia said with open wretchedness , ‘ I do n't think I ought to come so often now . ’ |
| 3 | Your employer may behave so foolishly or ruthlessly that a sensible settlement of your differences seems impossible . |
| 4 | Well the , that , I should think so an'all by God |
| 5 | ‘ I should think so too ! ’ snapped the lady keeping order behind the table . |
| 6 | ‘ A band to welcome us back and I should think so too … after a long and tiring march in pouring rain . |
| 7 | ‘ I should think so too . ’ |
| 8 | I should think so too ! ’ |
| 9 | I should think so too |
| 10 | ‘ I should think so indeed , ’ said Mrs Baggley . |
| 11 | And Lulach and Bishop Malduin , sitting side by side , might have belonged to different worlds : the Bishop grave and faintly uneasy , his eyes flickering across the table to the men of York and Durham and Bamburgh whom he must know so well . |
| 12 | Mrs Reid 's religion was the love of humanity and she found it hard that the first women 's college should win so very little understanding or support at its outset , especially from men . |
| 13 | It seems only apposite that he should hover so often on the edge of the ‘ pathetic fallacy ’ , as for instance in the assault on Caradhras , where Aragorn and Boromir insist the wind has ‘ fell voices ’ and that stone-slips are aimed , or on the bridge at Khazad-dûm , where Gandalf is ‘ like a wizened tree ’ , but the Balrog a mixture of fire and shadow , a ‘ flame of Udûn ’ — checked only for a moment by Boromir 's horn . |
| 14 | When under attack — as Protestants should know so well — a beleaguered community tends to retreat towards a harder line . |
| 15 | I can hardly believe that anyone should behave so cruelly and insensitively to any woman expecting a baby , especially to one like you , almost alone in a strange land . |
| 16 | I found it hard therefore to understand why she should act so far outside her own political ideology . |
| 17 | Sadly events have turned full circle and those who defended the university then must do so again . |
| 18 | HAVING ducked the bullets once , Dennis Conner must do so again today if Stars & Stripes is not to be eliminated from the America 's Cup defenders ' trials in a sudden-death sail-off against Bill Koch 's Kanza . |
| 19 | You swore each and every one of you to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence … |
| 20 | You swore each and every one of you , to undertake this task , you must do so fearlessly and without fear or favour consider the evidence and let the chips lie where they fall . |
| 21 | Shadow foreign minister George Robertson said : ‘ We are right to maintain pressure on Serbia and we must do so increasingly through sanctions . |
| 22 | If the clause specifies the President as the appointor of the expert or arbitrator , it is thought that he must do so personally . |
| 23 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 24 | It is in order for Ministers to quote , but I think they should do so briefly . |
| 25 | If you think that you may qualify , but have not yet applied , it is important that you should do so immediately . |
| 26 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to tax people more rigorously , he should do so openly and not in the disguised form in which that is proposed . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ If the Scottish Secretary wishes to make a statement then he should do so openly and publicly and not allow his young office staff to brief members of the press off the record . |
| 28 | It should do so today , ’ says anatomist Dr Robert Presley of University College Cardiff , commenting on the paper . |
| 29 | I feel it should do so now and not keep us waiting . |
| 30 | The monetary committee 's report warns that any currency wishing to rejoin should do so only if there is mutual agreement on its parity . |