Example sentences of "or so [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education . |
| 2 | I like to think I 've been helpful to somebody else , so that they do n't make the same mistake as I made , or so that they know the responsibilities they 're taking on if they do have the baby . |
| 3 | Ministerial statements have talked about raising council house rents to ‘ more realistic levels ’ or so that they more nearly approach rents in the private sector . |
| 4 | The most remarkable of these long-established families were the Boulters who had established no fewer than eight different households during the 100 years or so that they had lived in Wigston . |
| 5 | They were always a big league band in the States , but it 's only in the last five years or so that they have been rising up the Euro league . |
| 6 | and I 've we 've taken the the old settee down to Carrie 's and moved the two seater and the armchair down this end and they flew in tonight straight up on the sofa , I said to it 's gon na be tough for a week or so but they 've got ta get used to staying on the floor , I 'm not having them on the furniture all the time cos they just absolutely ruin it ! |
| 7 | They then wheeled in unison into a shaft of light which held them for a second or so before they soared over the car and away . |
| 8 | Psychoanalysts themselves undergo five sessions of analysis a week for five years or so before they can practise . |
| 9 | On the summer 's day that Michael Caine was being interviewed , he and the researcher sat and watched Wimbledon on the telly together for an hour or so before they got down to work . |
| 10 | It 's probably best not to feed your fish for the first day or so as they settle in ( though some fish will feed within a few minutes of being stocked ) . |
| 11 | In the case of the couple or family considering the costs and benefits of a future child , the explicit consideration of rates of discount is rather different in that children are perceived to be a positive asset from early on in life but particularly after fifteen years or so when they can work effectively on the farm ( and so replace costly paid labour at times of peak labour demand ) or as a wage labourer . |
| 12 | They stood on their ends in the inward sloping shelves for a fortnight or so when they came in during the spring or early summer . |