Example sentences of "so [pron] [vb past] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was relied on to be correct , so no-one disturbed her as she worked , her arthritic hands holding a stubby pencil , her long , old-fashioned mask covering her mouth as she murmured to herself . |
| 2 | That was more than a tad retro so I distracted myself and put some music on . |
| 3 | The Frenchman treated me like a son ; his wife was a little more distant and cool so I complimented her and brought her small gifts , wooing her as if she was the maid . |
| 4 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 5 | I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’ |
| 6 | I opened it and found it was n't signed , so I signed it and used it . |
| 7 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 8 | But , of course , she would have noticed so I told her and we turned the scoop to our advantage . |
| 9 | Even that did not stop Pugh getting quizzical looks from the referee who asked about his age , so I told him that he was not the Pugh named as sub in the programme but the club mascot . |
| 10 | But at the interview he said , " I could n't figure out if you were at school or not " , so I told him and he said , " And you 've managed to do your A levels ? " |
| 11 | There was a nice-looking American at the next table , however , so I asked him whether he was a drug-fiend , dealing in human misery , in which case , I said , I 'd like some Ecstasy . |
| 12 | I found it was stale so I replaced it and was about to make him a corned beef sandwich when Dad asked , ‘ Where 's Pete ? ’ |
| 13 | She was obviously the only person around , so I introduced myself and told her what my mission was . |
| 14 | ‘ He 'd struck me as a very kind , caring man , so I rang him and found myself pouring my heart out . ’ |
| 15 | She said she 'd have a sherry , a nebulous drink itself , so I poured her as dark and sweet a one as I could find in the little tight tiny rows of sinister bottles , and while she drank it I put on trousers and sweater . |
| 16 | I did n't like Mike , ’ she says , ‘ I strolled in and he did n't like me , he was at that age when he did n't like people if they did n't look cool so I hated him because he used to be really sarcastic and I did n't know him well enough to realise that he was only messing . |
| 17 | Even so , she wanted to keep the peace so she said nothing when she got indoors . |
| 18 | Gin had been the great popular comfort of Paradise Street in her childhood , gin and tea , so she took it as someone from another background might have made a dish of bread and milk . |
| 19 | That model worked comfortably , so she used it and said to him , ‘ Tell me about myself . ’ |
| 20 | She thought it was very cheap so she bought it and hurried home , with wings on her feet and her taste buds going wild , to prepare the dinner . |
| 21 | ‘ So you knew him when he was a curate at Narborough ? ’ |
| 22 | She was unhappy with her boyfriend , so you helped her and took her away with you . |
| 23 | Because the , there 's two different ones to do , so we split it and two did one , and the other two did the other . |
| 24 | We had some extremely hot gear lying around so we asked them if they 'd have a go at getting rid of it for us out of town where it maybe would have cooled down somewhat . |
| 25 | We never thought anything about being mugged in those days , you see , and er and th that 's what happened , as I say , so we took lots and lots of money , |
| 26 | The door was unlocked , so we opened it and went in . |
| 27 | they snapped it up at that price that his er sold and then they could n't pay er when , when the time came , you know the everything went off , so they sold it and bought something else and they 've made a lot of money on that so they 've paid it off and have er a lot of money on the house |
| 28 | They did n't know what to say to this so they said nothing and he stood there , grinning and rubbing his hands together . |
| 29 | At this moment two people grabbed me to try to make me get up but I could not get up , so they kicked me and stamped all over me from head to toe . |
| 30 | None of the children had wanted birthday cake , which Tina had mistakenly made with fruit and nuts in it , so they ate it as their second course . |