Example sentences of "so i [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 Self-doubt probably still lurks somewhere so I write down very quickly all the things which went wrong and get them out of the way by incorporating my ideas on them into my plans for the next investigative session right away .
2 She s still got the fag and matches in her hands , so I take them away from her .
3 She also left her electric fire , so I take that in too .
4 There are too many to throw away all at once , so I take a handful out every day and hide them in someone 's garbage can .
5 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 .
6 So I take it that you 're just here for a holiday , on your own , Miss Fenemore ?
7 They 'll be shot , so I take their pay to them . ’
8 ‘ I do n't have a car so I take as little as I can get away with , ’ she says .
9 So I take a few risks , ’ I snap .
10 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 .
11 I think I probably wasted a lot of time not feeling good about myself , and I would n't want Deb to feel like that , so I make a deliberate effort to be supportive , to say she looks nice and notice what she 's wearing , that kind of thing .
12 Streets or parks are too theatrical for me to be at ease , so I make bad moves , exaggerate or , more often , under-bid .
13 ‘ When I was told to rest all week and just turn up and play on the Saturday , I felt sluggish and lethargic , so I make sure I do the required hours every week .
14 It takes a big man to allow a homeless person into his underpants , so I make no apology for returning to the otherwise distressing subject of Jonathan Lloyd 's nether garments .
15 OK , so I admit you were right about Lori , but it was rather cruel . ’
16 I decide to play it safe , so I tackle up with a ¼oz bullet stopped only 1½ inches from the number 4 hook .
17 Marie 's left a load of mags behind , so I pick one up and have a flick through it .
18 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 .
19 Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal .
20 I was instructed to leave my prejudices behind and simply concentrate on having a good time , so I set off with that one idea in mind .
21 Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous .
22 Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham .
23 A path is supposed to keep close by the river ( but in reality stays above the treeline ) so I set off up quite a marked track , which very soon petered out .
24 Idomeneo was not an opera which I know analytically , so I set about studying its overall character and moods , as well as its tonal plan and shape/form .
25 Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people .
26 ‘ Ignorance is no defence if anything should go wrong , so I set out to ensure managers are more aware of the broad outlines of the position . ’
27 ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself .
28 But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail .
29 I do n't want to go near them , so I walk right up against the shops , sort of leaning right against the windows so they wo n't get me .
30 I 'd only got half way and I heard the row going on , so I cut across and met them .
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