Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost at once they heard the music of the hunt — the pack and the leaders , running crosswind a furlong or so downhill from the path . |
| 2 | On its summit , he excavates a bowl a foot or so deep . |
| 3 | He watched her fumble for an intentionally long time in her handbag for the means of lighting the Turkish cigarette she held aloft in her left hand , only a foot or so away from Mark 's head . |
| 4 | She pretended to be engrossed in exploring the room , and managed to keep a foot or so away from him as he followed , making her uncomfortably aware of the wall of his body close behind her while she ran her hands over the antique furniture with an assumed interest . |
| 5 | Lisa pulled herself up to her full five feet three inches , wishing for an extra foot or so so that she could look him in the eye . |
| 6 | She pulled the door back a foot or so then slammed it forward , catching him between the heavy wooden door and the frame . |
| 7 | The Popi is well situated for everything — it 's in the middle of the harbour area of Kos , only a kilometre or so away from the early nightlife and bars and very close to the late night discos . |
| 8 | A long kilometre or so later , I entered the city 's outskirts . |
| 9 | Be prepared to fly from A to B via Z : Delta 's network is based on hubs , whereby waves of flights arrive simultaneously in Atlanta or Cincinatti , and take off an hour or so later . |
| 10 | Vic Wilcox demanded , an hour or so later , when they were back in his office after what he had referred to as ‘ a quick whistle round the works ’ . |
| 11 | However , I am pleased to recall that by the time dinner was served an hour or so later , nothing but efficiency and professional calm was exhibited on the part of my team . |
| 12 | An hour or so later , I was fishing on Lyne Water , a beautiful tributary of the River Tweed . |
| 13 | An hour or so later I was beginning to feel proud of our levels of determination and achievement as we topped out over the last sand dune , then my heart sank into my boots ! |
| 14 | The cloth could have been placed there half an hour or so later . ’ |
| 15 | In the next three hours they heard and saw nothing ashore before setting up the signal light and infrared beam at 0015 that Sunday morning : an hour or so later the first craft — carrying the Rangers — came past , some 10 minutes late . |
| 16 | An hour or so later , Roger honoured his cafe-culture principles and I compromised mine by patronising the plastic vulgarity of the deserted skiers ' day lodge . |
| 17 | An hour or so later — and a hundred million years earlier — the rocks contain no sign of backboned animals of any kind . |
| 18 | When Otto and Jean-Claude joined me on the terrace an hour or so later , they brought iced drinks . |
| 19 | An hour or so later I saw my mother 's green Metro , just about to turn out of the drive-way of Hamish and Tone 's house . |
| 20 | An hour or so later , Marek started to rub his leg and called across a nurse because his head ached . |
| 21 | Selecting another piece of grass , he said : ‘ Anyway , I stayed awake until about four this morning , going over and over it in my mind , and when I woke an hour or so later , I had one almighty headache … bloody brass band playing inside the old brainbox … flashing lights before the eyes … the lot ! |
| 22 | An hour or so later , Iris and Melissa collapsed , fully dressed , on to their beds , too weary to change into their nightclothes . |
| 23 | An hour or so later he settled in the jockeys changing room to watch the National , his father having travelled to Liverpool to saddle Foinavon and Buckingham having been booked to ride . |
| 24 | An hour or so later her telephone rang . |
| 25 | The first guests began to leave an hour or so later . |
| 26 | An hour or so later Owen was working peacefully in his office when the door slammed at the end of the building and feet came running along the corridor . |
| 27 | She arrived at last an hour or so later , swerving up in her blue sports car , its boot piled with a large amount of luggage . |
| 28 | The two of them stayed sitting and talking in the kitchen for an hour or so longer , and then , at about six o'clock , Matilda said goodnight and set out to walk home to her parent 's house , which was about an eight-minute journey away . |
| 29 | To ensure you get a full charge , just leave on for a half hour or so longer than normal . |
| 30 | It could be an hour or so longer . ’ |