Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [subord] " 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 | He says he is n't , so I ask him if I can caddie for him . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ So you knew him when he was a curate at Narborough ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Unlike his mother and Rose-Ann he did n't object to burnt toast , so he buttered it as it was , not pausing to toast the other side of it . |
| 11 | Bridget looked after her son for the first eighteen months before getting a job so he recognises her as his mother , whereas it could be quite easy for a baby to start calling its grandmother " Mum " . |
| 12 | Starke looked at the finger , so he withdrew it when he remembered how dirty his fingernails were . |
| 13 | ‘ Then the owners had some capital tied up in their slaves so it cost them if one died , but now they lose nothing . ’ |