Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] [pron] " 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 | Timmy the catcher mouse was a very long name for a very little cat so everyone called him Tim . |
| 3 | ‘ What we need to do is set up a regular lunch date so everyone knows what 's happening . |
| 4 | Nothing to join , so nothing to divide them . |
| 5 | ‘ So someone took his keys but not his wallet . |
| 6 | Those Belgians must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time , and they probably saw something they should n't have seen , so someone shut them up for good . |
| 7 | before so I lent them , so he 's gone in I go by the same time as him we both got ta sign them |
| 8 | You had a death in the family which I could understand , so I lent you a book , which you have n't returned . |
| 9 | They 'll be shot , so I take their pay to them . ’ |
| 10 | She s still got the fag and matches in her hands , so I take them away from her . |
| 11 | ‘ So I take it that you 're just here for a holiday , on your own , Miss Fenemore ? |
| 12 | I have to admit that if the situation was reversed I would go bonkers with frustration , so I take my hat off to him — but not my shirt . |
| 13 | We have to say the English one and I hate saying da-da-da so I make my own one , an Indian prayer and say it . |
| 14 | OK , so I admit you were right about Lori , but it was rather cruel . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm quite a lazy person so I ignored them . |
| 16 | Well I know that you use an answering machine , so I ignored it . |
| 17 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 18 | That was more than a tad retro so I distracted myself and put some music on . |
| 19 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 20 | I asked her where she lived and she said Tower Hamlets , so I offered her a lift in the van . |
| 21 | Marie 's left a load of mags behind , so I pick one up and have a flick through it . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's a selfish little swine who behaved appallingly at Catterick , ’ was her assessment of Quick Reaction 's display in a Hunter Chase three days earlier , ‘ so I ran him here as a punishment ! ’ |
| 23 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 24 | The family could not speak English and my schoolboy French was almost exhausted so I bade them good afternoon but managed to make them understand that I would have dinner with them one evening soon — ‘ An English dinner . ’ |
| 25 | I could n't stand any more , so I locked myself in my bedroom and in the morning I went to Newhaven and got on the boat . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 27 | I fear it will go out of control so I release it in tears either by myself or with someone I love and trust . |
| 28 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 29 | I looked to Mrs for guidance ; she looked amused , so I surmised it was not the inception of a punishment for my earlier and inconvenient frankness . |
| 30 | I du n no what to do with it , so I stick it on my head . |