Example sentences of "so [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I has taken me a while to figure out that ‘ we ai n't got Windows , we got DOS ’ so I would appreciate any advice in your columns on the basics — what sorts of programs are suitable for a simple soul like me who needs to knock out the odd poster , magazine or newsletter and something that will look more professional , from time to time . |
| 2 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 3 | I think they 'd get some good material from us , so I 'll add some match reports and humourous stuff for them to do with as they will . |
| 4 | I got the frequency , so I 'll ask Syrian George to listen in . |
| 5 | ‘ So I 'll have more time for designing . |
| 6 | We do n't have an afternoon surgery , so I 'll have more time to talk . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So I 'll buy some windowboxes , ’ she declared stoutly . |
| 8 | ‘ I would not mind a few more so I could do more work at the Exchange . |
| 9 | ‘ She threw a party so I could meet this man Richard . |
| 10 | ‘ I merely shut you up so I could get some sleep ! ’ |
| 11 | I vowed to do anything to please Mum so I could have that bed , but I should have known better : it was impossible to please her . |
| 12 | It brought me up against the fact that I 'd like him to be better off so I could have more options . |
| 13 | I wanted to make money , so I could have more things like them . ’ |
| 14 | It was pure good luck that someone dropped out so I could come this weekend — at least , I thought so at the time . ’ |
| 15 | I never describe the bar , so I can use any bar any time without screwing up my contract . |
| 16 | I hope that , as I get older , what I write becomes more mature and more universal , so I can tackle these things . |
| 17 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 18 | Turn it around so I can have another look at it . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got another hour before I 'm on , get the cover back on the engine so I can get some sleep . ’ |
| 20 | It seems to be time to get dinner , so I will leave some space for Grandad . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure my presence is distressing for you , so I will keep this meeting brief . |
| 22 | " I 'm Dan Brady , and I 've served the Cause both here and at home since before you were born … so I 'd take that look off your face before I take it off for you . " |
| 23 | ‘ He got annoyed when I said that though and said it was n't true , so I 'd like this time to say that although he appears to be very clever on stage and TV , in real life he is extremely stupid . ’ |
| 24 | But her remarks in America would subsequently be picked up by the papers here — so she would have two platforms . |
| 25 | After all , she was not now responsible for anyone else , so she could throw good sense and caution to the winds . |
| 26 | She lowered the window by the leather tab and clicked the lip into the groove of the embrasure to hold it down so she could take some photographs ; several boys climbing over the fence on the railway banks hooted at the sight of her camera and posed , arms akimbo , pretence starlets . |
| 27 | As he had seen no change in her , so she could see little difference in him . |
| 28 | How many fathers would drive their daughter 120 miles through mountainous terrain so she could attend weekly ballet and singing lessons ? |
| 29 | I brought la Principessa to Milano only so she could attend last night 's showing . |
| 30 | And she 'd like to take part in the advanced driving course so she can spin other people 's cars instead of mine , and pass them . |