Example sentences of "so [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 I think maybe English men would refer to their car as She or so on if they get to think you know they make things have personalities you start to give them personal pronoun there .
2 So presumably if they do n't get bids for those routes then they they ca n't do anything about it .
3 That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto .
4 Vincent Canby in The New York Times felt that the film was often ‘ not terribly funny , at just those moments when it tries the hardest , and it sometimes wears its social concerns so blatantly that they look like warpaint ’ , but concluded that it ‘ is an important movie by one of our most interesting directors ’ .
5 One or two need to be kept on the cool side , otherwise they grow too fast and weaken themselves so badly that they die .
6 While pursuing a complaint through the grievance procedure is sometimes worthwhile , you do not forfeit your right to claim constructive dismissal if you have been treated so badly that you decide that raising the matter through the company 's internal procedures will not help you to achieve a fair deal .
7 Seldom before have England needed him so badly as they go into tomorrow 's third Test in Bombay already beaten 2-0 in the series by India .
8 on so in and you do n't even need to notify the Paymaster General or you do n't have to notify anybody employment outside the teaching area altogether .
9 It said ‘ Danger ’ , but a big piece of the signboard had broken off , so perhaps when it wass whole it said ‘ Dangerfield ’ , not just ‘ Danger ’ . ’
10 In some rocks their shells lie so thickly that they form solid bands .
11 They like foreigners so much that they dispute with one another as to who shall have and treat a foreigner in his house .
12 You can love them so much that you eat them all up , then there is no more affair .
13 THERE is nothing more humiliating than loving him so much that you forgive the infidelities .
14 It 's because you loved your husband so much that you feel so much .
15 You do n't enjoy things so much when you get older . ’
16 You do n't sleep so much as you get older .
17 So basically if you read Wong you 're laughing .
18 It just says that we have to make the the call for nominations so long before we put out the selection ballot .
19 It 's been a long time since you left us , but you 're more than welcome though on your return and do n't be so long before you come again .
20 I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again .
21 A wag in the crowd quipped that it is so long since they have been in evidence , police enquiries are being hampered because no one can name or describe them .
22 The thing is , it 's been so long since I 've been that I have n't got a clue how much tickets are likely to be .
23 ‘ I know you mean well , love , ’ he wrote , ‘ but Maureen and Chris have managed for so long because they have kept it so low key .
24 Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage .
25 Modern society , it may be argued , is not like a set of neatly intermeshing and well-oiled cogs , but rather a game in which groups of players have considerable discretion so long as they keep within a set of rules which are often themselves rather loosely defined or at least open to negotiation and change .
26 cos I do n't mind what they have so long as they eat it
27 Temperature requirements are not too critical either , so long as they fall somewhere in the range of 20–28°C .
28 ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose .
29 But it will be hard to accept that these people are serious about democracy — or can do much more to further its cause — so long as they stay in the same party as democracy-haters .
30 This is regarded as a Good Thing by Orcs who are universally content with their lot , being ultimately happy to meet their end in battle so long as they get a chance of a good fight .
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