Example sentences of "so [adv] [pers pn] have [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 So presumably they 've got to manage it themselves
2 And now the roof 's leaking so badly they 've had to close the gym completely . ’
3 For so long I 'd managed to hold off your curiosity but I was near to breaking-point .
4 So far they 've managed to isolate an ingredient which kills human sperm extremely quickly and efficiently .
5 He 'd had ideas about them buying somewhere of their own , but so far they 'd had to stay as ideas .
6 So far we have decided to back the work of 80 scientists and engineers .
7 So far we have sought to define spiritual direction , provide some biblical undergirding , and give some examples .
8 So far we have continued to study the patient for 12 months .
9 So far we have tried to impress on you the importance of having one set of notes rather than a mass of different notebooks or scraps of paper .
10 Her part of the bargain was to keep that body in good working order , not to abuse it or damage it , and so far she had managed to do that pretty well .
11 His wife , more canny than she seemed , had already witnessed huge losses over a scheme to promote detachable shirt cuffs , and so far she had managed to sit on the remaining money .
12 But so far she had refused to take any of them seriously — sensible Caroline .
13 But so far she 's managed to record five minutes of conversation between me and her .
14 So far I 'd managed to avoid giving him the exact address , but now he asked for it with a determined note in his voice — " Just in case I 'm down that way " and I was forced to invent one , praying that he 'd never check up on it .
15 So far I have tried to argue that the competences people have in dealing with the outside world vary in kind , adequacy , number and distribution .
16 Mediating devices include phrases like , " as I have shown above " , " so far I have tried to argue that " , " it may be helpful here to distinguish between " , " in this section " , " in my introductory paragraph " , etc .
17 The onus of proof is on you , and so far you 've failed to prove me guilty ! ’
18 So really he 's got to get a job which is gon na pay the majority of it off .
19 Yeah , right , so we 've done those and we 've done Doc so now we 've got to find
20 So often he had struggled to stay on when others were trying to get him back .
21 So here you 've got to multiply every term out .
22 Office , who are setting up a permanent acid rain monitor as well , so then we 'd have to , so then I 've got to get back in touch with that person .
23 So then he 's got to stop doing it !
24 Not any particular one so then you 've got to think well I do n't know ca n't remember well let's try it what would happen let's try zinc maybe you 'll vaguely remember we tried zinc and hydrochloric
25 We then had to scale down our operations , and as a result the joyriders are back again , so again we have got to step up our operation .
26 So again you 've got to come up with your main heading what kinds of words do you think you 've got to have in your main heading ?
27 So therefore we 've got to look at it that way .
28 ‘ Eight per cent is bad enough but then it goes up to 17.5 per cent so therefore we have got to prepare ourselves for the impact of that and try to minimise the impact on our customers . ’
29 Oh it is now yes , you 've got , I mean you 've got the service now have n't you and erm , but I like at St Margaret 's hospital I 'd been , I had been , I went in there to have my last boy , but they 're very , very good there they were , I 've not been in , I 've been in , I 've had treatment here for my hip and that up at Harlow but they would n't do the operation because of my blood clotting you see , so therefore I 've got to grin and bear it , I 've had eight years of it , I could n't walk for six months , but now I struggle and get around as I say with a couple of sticks I get round
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