Example sentences of "so [pron] [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So they were in a way acknowledging th that sort of work or approach . |
| 32 | So they were after Barry . |
| 33 | The moment she did so he was on her , grabbing her by the arm , so that the tray shook violently in her slippery hands , trying to drag her to the clock as he screamed , ‘ Look ! |
| 34 | So he was in there ! |
| 35 | So it was under his adopted name , as Henry Morton Stanley , that he met Livingstone in Africa . |
| 36 | And so it was as the " candidate " that he spoke to them , his accent so neutral by now that he could have come from anywhere and everywhere , his green broadcloth jacket still shabby but worn as jauntily as if it had been lined with ermine , his lean , dark face handsome enough to please the women and hard enough to reassure the men . |
| 37 | So it was for the sake of her playing that she defected ? |
| 38 | And so it was for Wirral , for , as we shall see in Chapter 2 , the Index was collecting ‘ epidemic ’ data but its guardians did not recognise or communicate the fact . |
| 39 | Erm I so it was for one So seven kilometres is equal to fifty millimetres . |
| 40 | So it was for her . |
| 41 | And so it was for Former Labour Leader Michael Foot and front bench spokesmen , Chris Smith and Donald Dewar as they slugged it out with John Patten and Peter Lilley . |
| 42 | And so it was for Lt Clyde Sparky Cosper , based at Thurleigh in Befordshire , but who 's selfless bravery saved a Chilterns Town from total disaster in 1943 . |
| 43 | So it was on Tuesday the twenty-third of April , 1968 , an occasion given a special fin de siècle luminosity by the knowledge that , for many of us , it was the last such event in our Oxford careers . |
| 44 | So it was on look for it later , so I traced it up and it was Mars . |
| 45 | So it was on that fog-bound , lonely London road . |
| 46 | So it was of trivial significance as a means of realizing surplus . |
| 47 | If so it was to be avoided , for Hugh was no longer a fighting man . |
| 48 | So it was to be expected that this sight should arouse some curiosity , and after putting their heads together the women put down their bowls and kettles and went over to ask the painter who was coming to live there . |
| 49 | So it was to the same mortuary as Jacob that the undertaker 's van took the two coffins . |
| 50 | So it was worth it just for that going |
| 51 | So It was worth it for the w for the when the war came . |
| 52 | So it was worth a try , at least . |
| 53 | And so it was with the Notting Hill Gate Classic cinema around 1969 . |
| 54 | So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble . |
| 55 | So it was with Jesus : he scandalized people by the company he kept , by the overturning of values which had become the cement of his society but which he saw as being barriers for people . |
| 56 | So it was with Noah in God 's second beginning , and so it is now with Abraham in his third . |
| 57 | So it was with the other hostages . |
| 58 | So it was with many others , selling implements , rope and all the other necessities needed by the farming community . |
| 59 | So it was with Michael Crichton 's The Andromeda Strain . |
| 60 | So it was with some hope that I travelled to Scotland . |