Example sentences of "[verb] so [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Should n't think so for a minute , knowing him . ’ |
| 2 | I should n't think so for a minute darling . |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment , ’ said Rufus , whose speech grew more precise when he was drunk . |
| 4 | ‘ I should n't think so for a moment . ’ |
| 5 | To the size absolutely , to the size of the audience so if we say a one to one we 've got a certain level of conversational power if you say so with a group like this it has to be |
| 6 | Those who made the journey to London might have done so for a variety of reasons . |
| 7 | I just certain , satisfy certain erm cattle requirements and carry on business in the sugar trade and of must done so for a period of time , I 'm looking at this , the third page in , top of the page , erm trade in office in London established without purpose erm now those the |
| 8 | In the last couple of years , Paul Merton has emerged from a tidal wave of British comic talent , that swelled at the beginning of the Eighties and continues to rain all around us , and has done so on a laugh raft all of his own . |
| 9 | Lord Justice Watkins said the Divisional Court could review an order of the magistrates ' court made for the purpose of preventing an abuse of its process and had done so on a number of occasions . |
| 10 | They had done so after a period of co-operation and consultation with East Germany which looks in retrospect like a laying of the groundwork for what was to come in both Germanys . |
| 11 | Lacey 's report found that the Justice Department had conducted a " virtually perfect " inquiry into the affair and had done so in a manner which was free from political influence . |
| 12 | Despite the ominous row of trespassing hatchbacks , we saw nobody on the ridge at all , and luxuriated in the surprising solitude that one should n't expect so near a town like Fort William , which grows more like a Highland Gorbals every day . |
| 13 | Successful technology transfer requires that the people who provide the technology , or who act as facilitators of technology transfer , must do so as a business . |
| 14 | Their profitability must depend on successful technology transfer requires that the people who provide the technology , or who act as facilitators of technology transfer , must do so as a business . |
| 15 | But , if I were to identify a trend , I would do so on a retailing analogy . |
| 16 | As an alternative to placing your account with a bank , you may do so at a building society , many of which offer similar services . |
| 17 | Moreover , if the tables are to be turned , the USSR will do so at a time of her choosing , rather than wait for the hour of maximum danger to herself . |
| 18 | Clinical manager Janet Powell said : ‘ We have tried to make our service as accessible as possible so that anyone who needs to see us , whether about themselves , a relative or friend , can do so at a time convenient to them , ’ she said . |
| 19 | If we ask the acoustic front end to leave some of the labelling to lexical access it will do so with a vengeance since it has no way of knowing what dilemmas need resolving at the lexical level . |
| 20 | No , I shall not do so for a second , because it will prolong matters . |
| 21 | Where the County Court grants a new lease to the tenant it may do so for a period not exceeding 14 years . |
| 22 | Those 48 companies in the top 100 that provide balance sheets must do so for a reason . |
| 23 | Not only must they care for distressed and disturbed young people , but they must do so under a cloud . |
| 24 | Those of us who believe that our future and national interest lie in such a course do not do so in a spirit of emotional faith or constitutional adventurism ; rather , we take a hard-headed view of where our economic interests lie and where the money will come from in the years ahead . |
| 25 | So if we wish to touch the horse or communicate with the horse , we should do so in a way that is acceptable to the horse . |
| 26 | It acknowledged that states had the sovereign right to exploit their own resources ( by implication , therefore , ruling out coercive action to halt the destruction of , for example , the tropical forests ) , but added the rider that they should not do so in a manner which caused damage to the environment of other states . |
| 27 | It said that states had the sovereign right to exploit their own resources ( by implication , therefore , ruling out coercive action to halt the destruction of tropical forests ) , but added the rider that they should not do so in a manner which caused damage to the environment of other countries . |
| 28 | When the time came to act in Algeria , he could then do so from a position of strength rather than weakness . |
| 29 | The Agriculture Minister Gillian Shephard will make the final decision and it 's expected she 'll do so within a month . |
| 30 | He was a founder member of the Society of Chemical Industry ( 1881 ) , and became its foreign secretary in 1910 , remaining so for a number of years , and president in 1911–12 and 1914 . |