Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 2 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 3 | I could n't stand any more , so I locked myself in my bedroom and in the morning I went to Newhaven and got on the boat . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 5 | I fear it will go out of control so I release it in tears either by myself or with someone I love and trust . |
| 6 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 7 | I du n no what to do with it , so I stick it on my head . |
| 8 | I admit that I 'm as much to blame , I should have come to visit her , but I understood her mother was never off the doorstep , so I left her to it . |
| 9 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 10 | The tent-pole bag was torn , so I put it on one side with the sewing kit . |
| 11 | Now I know it was a great honour but I could see no way of accepting , so I put it on the mantelpiece and more or less prepared to forget all about it . |
| 12 | I knew she might get it wrong , so I spelled it for her , ’ Paul says . |
| 13 | ‘ Mike thrust them at me before I left , so I brought them with me . |
| 14 | I did n't want the long journey in to work each day so I let it to Professor Wendell . |
| 15 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 16 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 17 | He would n't take it , so I pressed it on Felix instead . |
| 18 | ‘ Until recently , ’ Carl said , ‘ there were no provisions for new ideas , so I kept them in my files until a need arose . |
| 19 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He 'd never taken a woman on any of his expeditions before , so I nagged him for about a week and used all my female charm . |
| 21 | I had n't , June , so I thank you from the bottom of my heart . |
| 22 | My disability makes this rather a slow process , so I had plenty of time . |
| 23 | I got quite a lot of reading done — John managed to persuade one of the nice Italian staff at the British Council Library to let me have two more books than my five allowed , so I had them on her ticket ! |
| 24 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'd spent two years at Stanford University Press , so I knew something about price ceilings . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't say anything , but I saw Bob Lamb going along the beck , so I sent her off that way , too . |
| 27 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 28 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 29 | This was one that I did n't want the maid to know about , so I cleaned it up myself . |
| 30 | I thought the best thing to do was spare Oliver 's blushes , so I murmured something about getting off to work . |