Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] so [coord] " in BNC.

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1	One of you dies , the remaining one still owns all the property cos he or she always has done so and therefore it belongs to that person .
2	He said it was the first time he 'd done so but he was damned if he was going to be wheeled into a restaurant like a blasted mental patient out with his nurse . ’
3	You should have said so and so could you come and do so and so love , my daughter 's now do Christmas for me
4	The majority further contend that a wife who has reported a rape by her husband to the police may subsequently regret having done so and may wish to be reconciled with him .
5	Well I would have thought so but really erm I think you just need to sort of
6	Well I would have thought so but Pat have you found out about the names ?
7	On being told by the manager to check with the bank , he pretended to have done so and assured the manager that the cheque was ‘ as good as cash , ’ whereupon the manager authorised the transaction .
8	When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad .
9	It took nearly two hours to get the pony out on to solid ground , but when they had done so and he was examined , Farmer Yatton was able to tell the thankful Angela that her pet had come to no real harm .
10	They wished to kill and devour the father and then imagined that they had done so and felt guilty — is this what happened ?
11	Mr. Gilberd instructed the defendant to confirm with the bank that the cheque was acceptable , and the defendant later told him that he had done so and that such a cheque was ‘ as good as cash . ’
12	She 's got a really nice personality and she 's not gon na be the kind of person to say no I ca n't because I 've got so and so in Saudi
13	‘ I had thought so but recently he hinted at another asset he hoped to dispose of that would bring in quite a lot of money .
14	‘ Yes , I have said so but … ’

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