Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] so [subord] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did so after you left , and would have done so had you stayed . ’ |
| 2 | When I joined the NCT , like most members , I did so because I wanted the best antenatal classes possible and it seemed that I would have the chance to meet new mothers and make new friends after the birth too . |
| 3 | a mate of mine said dead right , she said now , were not used to doing this she said so if you feel you have n't had a fair crack at the whip |
| 4 | But er there was a time , they got so If you had carried it too green , erm you er it could catch fire . |
| 5 | Put bluntly , it did so because it failed to convince enough people it could deal with the Conservative legacy and had a plausible philosophy of wealth creation of its own . |
| 6 | In so far as the system worked — some disputes were settled , some crimes fully atoned for — it did so because it accommodated to the plastic and multifarious notions of justice obtaining within a small group of men , known to each other from youth up , often related by marriage , who had to reckon on continuing to live as neighbours after the case was over . |
| 7 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |