Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed very confused and excited , so I left her to sleep . |
| 2 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation . |
| 3 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
| 4 | S had a fit ( epileptic ) on the bus so I took him to lie down . |
| 5 | ‘ But Mrs Aitken told me I 'd just missed him , so I got her to make me a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 6 | I had no vices and I could n't take anyone out , so I had nothing to spend my student grant on save for clothes . |
| 7 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 8 | I ca n't put on the black and peach creations he bought before , so I told him to go and get something sensible at Marks and Spencer . |
| 9 | I 've watched Casualty on TV often enough , so I knew what to expect at the hospital : lots of furrowed brows and swishing cubicle curtains . |
| 10 | However , he already knew Joy and Alan , and the kettle was boiling , so I asked him to sit down , and would he like to join us in a coffin ? |
| 11 | I learned that he was going to London early on the following day , so I asked him to meet me before he went . |
| 12 | Soon it was just clumps and permanently itchy so I asked them to shave it off . |
| 13 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
| 14 | I could not understand what he meant , and wanted to hear more about Céline , so I encouraged him to finish the story . |
| 15 | Although this showed that Matthew 's anger was not far beneath the surface , it also revealed his belief that anger is dangerous , so I encouraged him to try again . |
| 16 | ‘ So I want you to go away . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Watson , you know the house , so I want you to go forward and look through the windows . |
| 18 | Team 1 is concentrating on the basement and ground floor , so I want you to go up to the 4th level as team 2 will be putting out the flames on floors 2 + 3 . |
| 19 | ‘ Obviously we have to move fast , so I want you to accompany me to a dinner that the developers are giving tonight . |
| 20 | Mrs Preston added : ‘ In my opinion he looked too upset to work in an operating theatre so I allowed him to go home on compassionate grounds . ’ |
| 21 | As it turned out , the studio ‘ was n't up to much any more and half the equipment was broken ’ , but , according to Mondays ' manager Nathan McGough , ‘ a little light went on as soon as I met Chris and Tina , so I phoned them to ask what they thought of the band and what they had planned for the next couple of months ’ . |
| 22 | She could n't take Satan with her , so she asked me to look after him . |
| 23 | She was aware of how pathetic she was sounding , so she forced herself to stop . |
| 24 | ‘ So she sent you to find out . |
| 25 | Well , he was certainly in a good mood , and no sign so far as she could see that he had been drinking what Matey called ‘ his nasty whisky ’ , so she prepared herself to play him . |
| 26 | However , she knew that she could n't stand at the window indefinitely , so she left it to complete the task she had on hand . |
| 27 | ‘ So she wants us to pay a bit more attention , to think about it a bit . |
| 28 | But still less did she want to make a scene or create any kind of curiosity amongst the people she had just left , so she allowed him to lead her from the room , saying , ‘ Yes , we needed to discuss those — er — charts , did n't we , Dr Russell ? ’ in case anyone was still listening . |
| 29 | ‘ She 's only saving her money , ’ I sprang to Ellen 's defence , ‘ so she has something to live on while she writes her first novel . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ So you told him to get stuffed , did you ? ’ |