Example sentences of "so [pers pn] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | But I do n't want to get Barrymore and his wife into trouble , so I shall not tell the police . |
2 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
3 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
4 | But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’ |
5 | I use a lot of sticky lables , so I wo n't have a problem with the new stamps . |
6 | Well I 'm hoping I 'm going to have a nice week but it Mavis , my housekeeper 's away until Wednesday so I ca n't leave the house during the day . |
7 | ‘ No , he 's not coming this way , so I ca n't get a close look , but I 'm sure it 's not him . ’ |
8 | He shoved my shirt in my mouth first , so I would n't make a noise . ’ |
9 | ‘ I 'd like to get an early night , so I 'll just grab a sandwich back at the hotel . ’ |
10 | ‘ Of course not ! ’ she replied , and even found a cheerful note from somewhere to add lightly , ‘ I ate a huge meal at lunchtime , so I 'll probably have a snack sent up , ’ and , making for her room before her emotions tripped her up , ‘ You 've been more than kind as it is . |
11 | Although I installed Legato , it was some time ago , so I may not remember the name of the directory where it was installed ; but Windows can provide this information . |
12 | I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit . |
13 | The chimney is blocked so I could n't light a fire to heat anything up and I went without a hot drink for those four days . |
14 | I did n't own a pair of binoculars , so I could n't observe the birds as closely as I 'd have wished , but I had something much closer to watch . |
15 | I 'm employed by the Corporation so I could n't sue the Corporation . |
16 | The driver was still in the cab , you see , so I could n't let the tyres down . ’ |
17 | ‘ I have an 18 month old son so I could only leave the conditioner on for three minutes but I was still very impressed . |
18 | I too have only one tank at the moment so I can not put the females in a separate tank as suggested by you and most of the books I have read . |
19 | Sufficient has been written in your columns about the latter match so I will not repeat the facts . |
20 | It must go to trial , so I will not grant an injunction ’ , as he may conclude , ‘ so I will grant an injunction ’ . |
21 | But I have already warned you to be on your guard against anything that any anthropologist has ever written about kinship terminologies , so I will not pursue the matter here . |
22 | She pressed her lips together so she would n't spout the truth . |
23 | This means they ca n't pay her any rent , so she ca n't pay the mortgage . |
24 | He was all soft and scummy inside , and greenish , like his eyes , and she stood up and pulled the two halves of his torn torso together like a shirt she was going to button up so she should not see the spilling of his innards . |
25 | Her sire is Glint Of Gold , so she should not mind the rain that has eased the Newmarket going . |
26 | It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ . |
27 | He was right , she could breathe , but only if she closed her eyes so she could n't see the perspex two inches from her nose ! |
28 | It sounded like a question , but he had no intention of waiting for her answer , as he dropped down on the bed beside her , lacing his fingers through her lustrous brunette tresses , controlling the movement of her head so she could not escape the seductive power of his mouth as he took her unwilling lips with practised artistry . |
29 | Just as Maggie could not remember a time before there was Fenna , and a time before there was the big house and the three women living in it , so she could not remember a time when there was not the constant tug of tension between her grandmother and her mother . |
30 | Well er firstly , he can , even if it 's his money give it to his wife as his partner , and she could then invest the money , and because she 's not paying any tax , er she could get a ten percent return , so she could actually get a thousand pounds on that ten thousand and that would be payable gross . |