Example sentences of "so [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't going to unroll the damn things , ’ continued Lydia , ‘ so I banged them in the oven , humming insouciantly the while and served them up all bubbling hot . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't want him — I did n't want him to come near me — so I locked myself in the bathroom , with Gary-I did n't know what else to do . |
| 3 | I was called away to the hospital so I left her at the house waiting for Nigel to turn up to collect her . ’ |
| 4 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 5 | Vera 's not back from lunch , so I kept it at the desk . ’ |
| 6 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 7 | It rang while Elizabeth was in the field and I picked it up and someone spoke to me , but I can not speak , so I tore it from the wall and then no one could speak to me . ) |
| 8 | I was told they sent for a nurse who came at me with a needle so I grabbed her by the breast and threw her down on the hors d'oeuvres . |
| 9 | ‘ Your tea is ruined so I threw it in the bin . |
| 10 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 11 | Sally Curtiss , the Circle 's membership secretary , is here , so I entrusted her with the annexe key . ’ |
| 12 | She and Susan had rooms adjoining , so she had none of the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house . |
| 13 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 14 | The sister was n't in her office when she went back , so she left it in the middle of the desk : ‘ Miss Carolyn Tanner , care of Clare ’ . |
| 15 | Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready . |
| 16 | She ran out and tried to send me away but I pretended Sabine was expecting me , so she took me to the studio . |
| 17 | ‘ So you told me on the phone . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ So you told 'em about the Regal Arms . ’ , |
| 19 | ‘ So you heard none of the commotion when Sarah Parker roused Dr Darnell ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ So you married him in the end , did you ? ’ |
| 21 | You could n't face the thought of a handicapped wife so you hightailed it off the scene and out of her life . |
| 22 | ‘ So we kept it in the family , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Our tiny underground Church was too small , so we invited everyone to the main hall of Munster Road School . |
| 24 | Frankie warned me he was comin' down the street so we wheeled it into the pantry until he 'd gone . |
| 25 | The standard way to do this journey is by changing at Chester , but I am never averse to a trip on my favourite line , the Cambrian Coast , so we did it via the Ffestiniog and the Conway Valley line . |
| 26 | ‘ They spent a fortune developing the place , ’ the Maggot said , ‘ but the rich folks never came , so they sold it to the rich dickheads instead . ’ |
| 27 | They were n't too pleased about it , so they kicked her out the house I think . |
| 28 | His bulk , thin but long , was hard for them to get up their spiral stairs , so they left him on the sofa below , on the floor that lay over an ironmonger 's shop . |
| 29 | There was this girl in a bath of asses milk , yuk ! and it had all turned to cheese , so they put her on the table with a dish of figs for afters . |
| 30 | She had thoughtful parents , though , who thought the Grand Canyon was for real and so they put her on the waiting list . |