Example sentences of "so [pron] [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had the Monument built on top of the hill so everyone could see it as a landmark . |
| 2 | The envelope was too big for the bag , so everyone could see it . |
| 3 | In the meantime , I am always obedient to the Whips , so I shall leave it at that . |
| 4 | No , but my mum 's coming afterwards so I 'll give it to her then |
| 5 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 6 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 7 | ALTHOUGH I promised you last week that I 'd bring details of the all Ireland Schools teams competition this week , I 'm afraid that I do n't have full details to hand as yet , so I 'll hold it over to next week . |
| 8 | But Lady Mead will be Charlie 's one day , so I 'll make it , eventually . ’ |
| 9 | The level seems okay , and pressing ‘ volume ’ I find it 's set to 17 , so I 'll leave it there . |
| 10 | I take them to a certain stage , but I tend to find finishing a painting much more difficult than starting it , so I 'll leave it to one side , maybe for a week or more , where I can see it , and as I pass it suddenly something will click . |
| 11 | ( Irish counties , provinces and county towns can be a bit confusing , so I 'll spell it out carefully — I was now in Galway City , county town of County Galway . |
| 12 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 13 | I take a glance at the outside of his Cavalier so I 'll remember it . |
| 14 | That wo n't work , so I 'll try it another way . ’ |
| 15 | The car 's only just been serviced so I 'll take it back to the garage . |
| 16 | She 'll be round on Friday afternoon or Saturday some time I said we 'd be here from four o'clock on Friday so I 'll take it down to John 's today then it 's away to work I 've got the rubbish in the bins right ? |
| 17 | Frankly , I do n't much like wearing them — however , it is expected so I 'll put it on when I get in . |
| 18 | ‘ People would n't play it , so I used to tape it from John Peel 's show . |
| 19 | When we landed at Bombay ( for the story has a happy ending ) I asked to be shown the piece of tarmac pasteurised for the Pope to kiss on his recent visit , so I could bless it too ( poojahs is the Hindi word ) and give thanks for deliverance . |
| 20 | When I asked him to itemize the price , so I could add it up for myself , the total came to over £100 less than he 'd quoted for the bundle . |
| 21 | I started playing when I was seven , so by the time The Stones happened it was not difficult for me to play , so I could appreciate it for the music alone . |
| 22 | She caught on pretty quickly , so I would go home each nigh to teach myself something new so I could share it with her the next day . |
| 23 | They threw the acid this time — only at the wall , to burn the paper — so I could see it , you know ? |
| 24 | A towel that I 've put over the radiator to get warm so I can wrap it cosily round myself and hug myself dry . |
| 25 | ‘ She gives a quick squirt so I can smell it , then finds a nice , easy chair till she hears me coming . ’ |
| 26 | There is always something delirious about language — the burgeoning , bubbling Remainder that has been left out of the dry official structure comes crashing through my best-formed sentences — so I can feel it speaking through me . |
| 27 | ‘ I like a film to have a beginning , a middle and an ending , preferably in that order , so I can follow it , ’ he says , Mortimer 's screenplay knowingly making him paraphrase Godard 's view that a ‘ film must have a beginning , a middle and an ending , not necessarily in that order . ’ |
| 28 | I 've asked 'em to sell me the land so I can develop it but they wo n't see sense . |
| 29 | Please send me a subscription so I can cancel it in disgust . |
| 30 | I 'm really well adjusted so I can let it all hang out . |