Example sentences of "[conj] so [adv] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Israeli Jews in the little kibbutz a mile or so away had never heard of it , but an old Arab woman in a long dark dress picking fruit pointed up a hill when she heard the name and shrugged her shoulders . |
| 2 | A local study exposure programme arranges visits to deprived areas that so far do not have organised activities . |
| 3 | Biographies and interviews with artists such as Christopher Isherwood , David Hockney , Tennessee Williams and so on have not hesitated to name their sexuality . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , in this case , diagrams of 187 Os/ 188 Os against 1/Os and so on do not help to constrain mixing hypotheses further , presumably because concentrations of Os are affected by its compatible behaviour during magma generation and differentiation processes . |
| 5 | I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation . |
| 6 | My bookshelf is sagging under the weight of all my The Artist magazines , all in order of date and so often taken out to peruse back numbers . |
| 7 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 8 | The voice that could reach with ease to the upper gallery of the Shield Theatre sounded in the Holborn drawing-room , calling attention to the silent young man who had arrived with the Professor but so far had not said a word . |
| 9 | The reviewer has only been in office for eight months but so far has not had cause to uphold a single application for a review . |