Example sentences of "so [pron] [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as I said , it 's a two seater so I shall ask Yanto to come with me . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The thought of taking the test worried me more than driving , so I would request morning appointments to stop myself getting worked up . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ So I would get hold of a lot of avid church users and have them saying things like , ‘ It 's great to be involved ’ , ‘ The whole family enjoy it ’ and ‘ An hour well-spent once a week ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Personally , ’ he said , ‘ I support the Labour party but the armed forces are sworn to uphold the government of the day , so I 'll vote Conservative , of course . ’ |
| 5 | It was the first time I 've seen either Perberton and White so I 'll reserve judgement on them for the time being . |
| 6 | The cottage is rather cosy , and I 'm busy on a new story , so I 'll have plenty to do even if the weather 's bad . |
| 7 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 8 | I was so impressed with this program , I only wish I were a gardening enthusiast , so I could put root directory through it paces . |
| 9 | In this case , a more precise purpose might be , " I want to find out the relative sizes of the most common dinosaurs so I can draw scale pictures of them on a wall chart . " |
| 10 | I 've also got the TV on , so I can watch Ceefax . |
| 11 | ‘ I signed the receipts so she would have proof to say that she had bought the car off me . ’ |
| 12 | She then pulled the scalpel towards her hips , raising her buttocks off the bed so she could pull foot and scalpel up underneath her . |
| 13 | Steal little bits of money so she could buy drink . |
| 14 | She wished there was a window in front , so she could see Midnight sitting up on the driver 's seat beside Hawkins . |
| 15 | Can you please ensure their views are passed to Karen as soon as possible so she can tell Bodoni ? |
| 16 | Rosalba closed her eyes , and beseeched heaven , not for the first time , ‘ Dear Lady , Lady who has known tears and cares and the love of God on earth , please help Serafina and give her lots of milk so she can make money and give her strength and stop people being unkind to her . |
| 17 | So clever — the ex-air hostess has taken French lessons so she can order couture in the lingua franca |
| 18 | I hold it out to her so she can take lOp , and she takes the lot . |
| 19 | And , going on in the same vein before Fabia could gently state that she would n't dream of going to Czechoslovakia without her , ‘ It 's about a four-hour crossing so you 'll have time for some shut-eye and a rest before … ’ |
| 20 | Obviously , we that right , people will still move if unemployment 's high , but if you try , if the government tries and gets rid of unem urban unemployment , say people have moved because of it , so there 's unemployment there to start with because of the reasons we 've discussed earlier , so then the government said okay , well let's get rid of the unemployment that has occurred already , by erm , either , at the same wage rate trying to well yes , the same , they 'll keep wage rates the same , but erm , increase , you know , make the public sector bigger or , or do something to create urban jobs , and basically all it will do is , encourage more migrants because they 'll see the probability of getting a job will increase so the expected wage will increase so you 'll get migration on top of what 's already occurring . |
| 21 | And the cake I 've made feels awfully bullety , so you might get indigestion … ’ |
| 22 | You do have some control over the costs in the form of wage bills so you may require information about that area , and your daily cash takings and some idea of stock turnover to control for pilferage of goods or cash . |
| 23 | The patient may also need to practise being a passenger in the car : getting in and out may be difficult , so you may need help from the occupational therapist or physiotherapist to find the easiest way of managing . |
| 24 | Unfortunately there are n't enough speech therapists or psychotherapists available either on the NHS or privately , so you may have difficulty in being referred by your doctor or finding one yourself . |
| 25 | She will , at this point , be a very disturbed person indeed , but it is a condition that will pass , so you should show generosity in your acceptance of any unusual behaviour within reason . |
| 26 | Vegetables will remain firm in neutral or acidic solutions , so you should add lemon juice or vinegar to the cooking water rather than soda . |
| 27 | When we responded that there were many tavern-league baseball players , yet baseball is covered as a sport , just as the average rugby player should n't stop deserving , serious rugby athletes from being covered , he snapped back : ‘ Are we having this conversation so you can pitch rugby or so you can get my answers to your questions ? ’ |
| 28 | is just so you can do screen dumps is n't it ? |
| 29 | ‘ You know as well as I do that you want me to come to your room so you can make love to me ! ’ |
| 30 | Now you have read the money pages , you will have a good idea of the price of the properties you can afford to buy , so you can start home hunting . |