Example sentences of "so [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are five scratch and five handicap prizes , so everyone has a chance . |
| 2 | However , under King Henry 's harsh but effective rule , England had remained peaceful , so nothing had ever come of her father 's plans and Isabel was free to indulge her girlhood dreams in the quiet haven , shut off from the bustle and constant noise of castle life . |
| 3 | Something had to be found for the men to do with their time , so someone had the bright idea of introducing ‘ Cook 's Tours ’ — trips over France and Germany in a Lancaster for any of the non-flying staff who cared to take advantage of it , including Waafs . |
| 4 | ‘ Gran died , and left her house to me , so someone had to arrange about selling it . |
| 5 | We still need him in our side , so someone has got to make way . |
| 6 | Look , I 've no money for a hotel so I 'd better make my own arrangements for tonight . |
| 7 | But the time to ‘ recognise ’ it image by image had gone ; just as the moments of each day fade away , so I 'd forgotten it . |
| 8 | Some time later a man came along the path and stopped to ask me if I was all right , I told him yes and to please go away , which he did but I thought he 'll go to fetch help so I 'd better do it now . |
| 9 | Murder was habit-forming , so I 'd been told . |
| 10 | Well , I 've a ward round to get through before I can come over to your unit , George , so I 'd better get moving . |
| 11 | ‘ So I 'd noticed . ’ |
| 12 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 13 | We can make fear choices , which lead us to cling to the past — ‘ I hate my job , but I wo n't find anything better , so I 'd better stick to it ’ , ‘ I always eat hamburger and chips on Thursdays ’ , ‘ I 'd like to know Chris better , but I 'm sure s/he wo n't be interested in me ’ — or growth choices , in which we reach for the future — ‘ I hate my job , so I 'll start applying for others , even though it feels scary ’ , ‘ Maybe I 'll try spaghetti bolognese tonight ’ , ‘ What have I got to lose ? |
| 14 | Car dealer Ricky Evans , 30 , of Basingstoke , Hants , said yesterday : ‘ I did n't think I stood a chance so I 'd thrown the slip aside . ’ |
| 15 | Dawn had at first been reluctant to get off my glove , so I 'd developed the habit of swinging my arm with the wind , hoping to encourage her to fly . |
| 16 | ‘ So I 'd better deal with the problem immediately ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ So I 'd heard . |
| 18 | For instance , the morning after one night when he 'd stayed until about 5 , so I 'd had very little sleep , I walked around , phased out really , feeling a little bit of an invalid , rather frail and light-headed , but very peaceful , walking carefully so as not to jolt anything , and I felt I was nursing a bit of heaven . |
| 19 | ‘ So I 'd noticed , ’ said Nerina . |
| 20 | ‘ Another new band , so I 'd heard . |
| 21 | ‘ So I 'd better shoot you , had n't I ? ’ |
| 22 | But Maureen was saying hastily , ‘ Liz is n't in today , and I 've got what appears to be a customer , so I 'd better go . |
| 23 | She sighed happily , then went on , ‘ We seem to have a prospective buyer and Liz is making frantic signals to me , so I 'd better go . |
| 24 | The timer on my cooker has just begun to bleep , so I 'd better go and attend to the dinner . |
| 25 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 26 | I hardly had anything in the cupboard so I had to make do … |
| 27 | The new flat was smaller than the old so I had to sell some of my furniture . |
| 28 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 29 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 30 | He said last night : ‘ I 've had a spot of bother for the past four or five years with my knee so I had these X-rays done and they found a bone growth about the size of a pea . |