Example sentences of "so i [modal v] [verb] them " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sent the cheque back , saying that although it had been immensely good of them to bring me up , I must have been a great burden and was now a disappointment , so I would prefer them to keep this money as some repayment for all they had done . |
| 2 | ‘ So … so I 'll send them , shall I ? ’ she asked , holding her breath , bracing herself , waiting for the blunt , ‘ You do that ! ’ the violent , ‘ Go to Hell ! ’ the indifferent dismissal , or , even worse , the continuing silence which meant he had really hung up on her . |
| 3 | When I told Tom Stephenson this , he said nonsense , so I 'll leave them to fight it out . |
| 4 | There have been quite a few happenings since then , but my fingers are getting tired , so I 'll save them for another article . |
| 5 | ‘ God-speak ’ often sounds pompous and bombastic and the sub-text can suggest : ‘ I 'm not really confident about my thoughts and opinions , so I 'll couch them as holy proclamations . ’ |
| 6 | When the next spawning took place , I was ready with a new tank for the adults , so I could move them straight away . |
| 7 | I came up with a lot of very hard guitar parts for this album and I had to practise the hell out of them so I could pull them off . |
| 8 | Luckily I knew how many there were of them ( 53 if I remember correctly ) so I could count them out again — something which involved a lot of shaking of the shell into a bucket of tank water . |
| 9 | ‘ I had had those moments myself , so I could appreciate them , ’ says Ray . |
| 10 | But if I give some names to Mr next week I think yes well I 've got them at the music later today so I can ask them then . |
| 11 | Feeling slightly vexed I decided that all those readers too lazy to write in will be receiving personal visits , so I can introduce them to my favourite topic : ‘ Pain , and how ( and where ! ) to inflict it ’ . |
| 12 | If they say black cards you say ‘ Good , so I will keep them and take the red cards away ’ . |