Example sentences of "so [conj] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourthly , although the Second Vice-President had outlined clearly why he felt the Government could , and even should , take over all newspapers , it neither did so nor was , at this time , intending to do so . |
| 2 | As so often in the past , Our Lady blessed us with fine weather so that were able to hold our group procession on Wednesday morning , carrying her statue along the holy mile to the Shrine , singing hymns and reciting the Rosary . |
| 3 | Now they were only one pair were er , eleven ninety nine , and one pair , well I mean she is ten now one pair were eleven ninety nine , and one pair were thirteen ninety nine I think , but then we 've got ten percent off so that were n't too bad . |
| 4 | So that were four of them . |
| 5 | Our John and Molly they did n't go so that were eight . |
| 6 | More so than was necessary . |
| 7 | I find everything realized and more so than was stated . |
| 8 | Maybe she was quite intelligent ; but she was no more so than were quite a number of the poor she already knew . |
| 9 | The man did so and was eventually captured and imprisoned by the Tanguts . |
| 10 | He refused to do so and was suspended . |
| 11 | Oh so and was it all sort of erm erm society do 's that you went to and cocktails and things like |
| 12 | Oswald , carrying Goneril 's letter , and with the added instructions to kill Gloucester should he find him , tried to do so but was killed by Edgar , who discovered their secret plans to kill Albany ( King Lear , IV.vi.227–80 ) . |
| 13 | They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order . |
| 14 | So But was without a a secondary school |
| 15 | But these workers had a " guts feeling " that if things were designed to last much longer and an infrastructure was set up to repair them , at least as much work would be created in doing so as was available in the capital-intensive mass production lines producing the throw-away goods . |