Example sentences of "[pers pn] so [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 2 | Perhaps you 'd call me so that we can discuss this . |
| 3 | I take the key worker with me so that they have somebody right from the beginning , somebody that they know . |
| 4 | Furthermore I hope to share the experiences gained in this expedition with those around me so that they may realise that they can make a difference , however small it may be , if they choose . |
| 5 | Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty ! |
| 6 | ‘ He was always trying to get rid of me so that he could get back to his computer . |
| 7 | ‘ He was always trying to get rid of me so that he could get back to his computer . |
| 8 | He tried to force his grin … he held his ground and the fear once again welled up inside me so that I was sick to my stomach . |
| 9 | If I started again I would like to have … ( 1 ) a ghost writer , not for my speeches but for my letters and statements : he would be the kind of person who could take the Ministry 's policy and translate it into the kind of words I would use ; ( 2 ) perhaps an economist ; and ( 3 ) a general investigator whose job it would be to brief me so that I could participate intelligently at Cabinet Committees and in Cabinet on subjects outside my own Department . |
| 10 | There was a sickening lurch as my chute opened and my harness tightened round me so that I could hardly breathe . |
| 11 | That 's why she would sometimes sign the order over to me so that I could put it through my account — otherwise she had to queue up at the post office , as I said . ’ |
| 12 | But sheer sensation — the warmth of the sun , the scent of the air , the mundane pleasure of tea and biscuits — simple well-being possessed me so that I could only feel , not think . |
| 13 | ‘ I sometimes think you only invite me so that I can pay the bill . ’ |
| 14 | You 're just trying to amuse me — to set it up for me so that I can walk up and down the room gasping and shouting ‘ I do n't believe it ! ’ |
| 15 | I wanted him to tear it from me so that I had no excuses . |
| 16 | ‘ You are to move me so that I may see the moon . ’ |
| 17 | That each morning , like a beautiful woman , it will reveal some hidden facet to me so that I will never be bored with its presence . ’ |
| 18 | I let her stroke me so that I could analyze the scent . |
| 19 | He had hinted as much more than once , just vaguely , just enough to entice me so that I want to ask what , so that he knows that I want to ask . |
| 20 | Could you tell me so that I can find the statement . |
| 21 | I have my camera with me so that I can take some photographs . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And keep an eye on me so that I wo n't escape , ’ she bit out before biting into her toast . |
| 23 | He agreed and said he would train me so that I could take the necessary exams . |
| 24 | He gave it to me so that I could come in and out to you as I like . |
| 25 | It was one your uncle David brought up for me so that I could get take it to pieces to make the car we 'd got better . |
| 26 | I realized then that the lamp had been put behind me so that it would light her entrance ; and it was an entrance to take the breath away . |
| 27 | But I am mindful in the midst of my own troubles ma'am that you are not in good health for Miss Blagden has told me so and I am sorry to hear it and to think of you unable to leave your room and I am sorry too that the Rome winter does not prove as gentle as you had hoped . |
| 28 | It was the way he was erm as well out of his way to impress them so but they just , well you might help |
| 29 | I do n't care as long as they know them so that somebody else has got some responsibility , she said I just ca n't be getting away with it and and , and erm being irresponsible . |
| 30 | But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made . |