Example sentences of "be [adv] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe the boat leaks — we 'll sink , and no one knows we 're here so they wo n't even send out a search party … . |
| 2 | If Ireland was a catholic nation , then its law and government would be correspondingly so whatever the disposition of church — state relationships , theocratic or secular . |
| 3 | ‘ It happened to be there so I potted it . ’ |
| 4 | All my friends and family are here so there 's no need to emigrate . |
| 5 | That 's what I 'd have been doing if I had been there so you 're not so different from me Peter , so you might have , you might be different in other ways John , but I 've got that weakness as well . |
| 6 | However , the links are there so it was only right that it should be included in this feature . |
| 7 | You have to code the numbers of the athletes and they are supposed to be on the inside so you ca n't read them , but they were outside so you could — you could see which one was from Krabbe , Breuer and Moller . |
| 8 | And they were anyhow so they had a brand new telly . |
| 9 | You 'll have to go into a local hostel temporarily — but that 's only so they can check on a few things . |
| 10 | Right okay I 'm not quite sure who you 've got ta see , but erm if we go back round that way it 's only so you |
| 11 | is just so you can do screen dumps is n't it ? |
| 12 | Fucking hell that dress is that dress is just so you look at my tits and my crap figure . |
| 13 | It 's just so we can eliminate people from our inquiries . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , well , ’ scornfully , ‘ if it 's just so you can blow your own trumpet … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , no , that 's just so I can see the band better . ’ |
| 16 | And she said he 's just so you know |
| 17 | A loose fit is best so there is less danger of cracking the glass when slipping it in or out . |
| 18 | To see whether this is really so we will , in the next chapter , consider the problems which arise in the use of the formal interview . |
| 19 | Spring is here so it 's time to wave goodbye to winter and go for a splash of colour . |
| 20 | She 's … she 's abroad so it 's … well , you know . ’ |
| 21 | It 's there so you can connect the printer to an Apple Mac . |
| 22 | S he was Steven 's actually so he 's pretty old . |
| 23 | But Kate knew when enough was enough so she kept her peace . |
| 24 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 25 | No it was just it was just so you , I mean let's face it , er my father used to mend our shoes , repair our shoes , in fact I 've still got his hobbing iron now . |
| 26 | She 'd sat on my lap in a friendly way , true , but that was just so I could get a better fix on her rug . |
| 27 | Nothing was amiss so Matthew was asked for a semen sample . |
| 28 | It was simply so he could say a few nice words about the latest wonder shoe to roll off the Japanese production line . |
| 29 | I wish Marie was here so we could talk about it . |
| 30 | I wish Marie and Annie was here so they could see it . |