Example sentences of "so [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Institute seems to be rather vaguely organized , as they still have n't been able to tell me what students I am teaching — my teaching , it turns out , does n't start until Monday , but I have heard that an abnormally large number of students have signed up for my course , so I shall have a lot of marking of papers to do at the end of four weeks . |
| 2 | But it looks a bit full , so I might try the sauna instead . ’ |
| 3 | MARY SPENCER — Mary = marry , so I would see the lady as a bride coming out of a well-known High Street shop which has somehow been cut cleanly in half . |
| 4 | I 'm going down to the shop later , so I 'll make an appointment for you . ’ |
| 5 | Well unfortunately my girlfriend is dragging me off to Rhodes for a week so I 'll miss the Norwich , Scouse and Oldham game . |
| 6 | I have known Trevor for many years and he is a mass of seething hate before breakfast most days , so I could smell the revenge in him even above ‘ Jock ’ McDougall 's armpits before we left the changing room this afternoon . |
| 7 | But Graham won , so I could pay the wages from the prize money . |
| 8 | When I moved to secondary school , the PE master used to encourage me in my running and , when he saw I had some potential , he took me down the North London AC and made me a member there so I could train a couple of times a week . |
| 9 | I was sitting on the wall between our yard and the next , so I could hear every word . |
| 10 | I had this brilliant idea to blend into the scenery just so I could keep an eye on you . |
| 11 | For this review I asked the PR firm promoting FAXgrabber to send me a fax so I could demonstrate the program in operation . |
| 12 | That 's why he made things so I could buy the boy out . |
| 13 | ‘ You see , ’ he murmured , ‘ I wanted to believe it , so I could have an excuse to take what I wanted in a fury , instead of reaching out of my confusion and asking for what I wanted — ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 15 | One day I had to go to the clinic and I lied about the time of the appointment so I could skip a suit inspection , so I had an hour to waste . |
| 16 | Although my certificate in Sociology had not yet come , I knew that my next and most important study must be Theology , only so I could understand the situation that my children would face in the future , and other people 's children would have to meet as well . |
| 17 | I guess I wanta play polo better so I can beat the shit out of them on the field . ’ |
| 18 | It is n't really stealing , she reassured herself : I live here so I can eat the food . |
| 19 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 20 | When relations grew particularly bad he became the child go-between in a household of warring parents : ‘ Ask your father if it would break his heart to change channels so I can watch the news . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I play a lot of hockey as well and that 's all bending down , so I can approach the ball much more fluently than a bigger guy . |
| 22 | As it is I can hold conversations of about the standard that a three-year-old Parisian can manage ( well , a slightly retarded three-year-old ) so I can understand the problem a young horse has . |
| 23 | Is anybody else thinking of going , especially from the Leeds area so I can cadge a lift . |
| 24 | Slattery 's the travel people , have given me an open ticket , so I can cross the water any day I feel like . |
| 25 | Fortunately there was little damage , so I can remember the event with hilarity . |
| 26 | Mum I know Julia 's trying to find out I need n't go to school on Thursday so I can have a lie in |
| 27 | ‘ She comes in first thing , but steer clear until about nine o'clock so I can have a chance to explain things . ’ |
| 28 | I 've assembled his biography brick by brick , just so I can have the pleasure of taking it apart . |
| 29 | ‘ So I can find the driver . |
| 30 | Perhaps I should remove some of this wet clothing , just so I can see the extent of your injuries . ’ |