Example sentences of "and so [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scots-born ( in Elgin ) , educated at Aberdeen University , qualifying as a CA , then joining Alcan Aluminium , he realised his experience and qualifications were ‘ quite narrow ’ and so headed off to Manchester Business School and an MBA which then took him into international consultancy with McKinsey . |
| 2 | Horses and litopterns happened to exploit four-legged galloping , and so ended up with almost identical legs . |
| 3 | Kangaroos happened to exploit two-legged hopping , and so ended up with their own uniquely ( at least since the dinosaurs ) massive hind legs and tail . |
| 4 | I wanted to be accepted by those around me , and so joined in with their stories of soldiering , sex and drinking prowess . |
| 5 | Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 per cent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide . |
| 6 | They avoid making enemies , and so cut down on threats to themselves in the office jungle . |
| 7 | He decided then and there to take the carrion off her and have it back for himself and so leaned out into the void and tilted into the wind towards her far below . |
| 8 | A wife can be busy bunging up a family and so taken up with their affairs that she fails to give her husband real attention . |
| 9 | The San Giorgio case is also of interest for present purposes in that it accepts that Community law does not prevent a national legal system from disallowing repayment of charges where to do so would entail unjust enrichment of the recipient , in particular where the charges have been incorporated into the price of goods and so passed on to the purchaser . |
| 10 | But Mr and Mrs Wormwood were both so gormless and so wrapped up in their own silly little lives that they failed to notice anything unusual about their daughter . |