Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further complication is that some plants , especially foliage houseplants , seldom flower in this country , or only do so when many years old . |
| 2 | In the Netherlands , nearly a third of the local fungi species are extinct or shortly to become so . |
| 3 | I have suggested that it can be shown to be fair or just to do so ; but this may not make it right if some other principle of greater weight is involved . |
| 4 | Well , if you are typical of your birth sign , you will have already made up your mind and taken your leave around August 6th , when it became apparent that certain associates had sided against you or even gone so far as to hatch some kind of plot . |
| 5 | more clearly and widely understood so that there is no confusion about our procedures ; and |
| 6 | Terry Biddlecombe on Greek Scholar did likewise , Brian Hetcher remounted Red Alligator , Pat McCarron tried time and again to get Freddie through the sea of flailing legs and eventually did so . |
| 7 | The coffin stowed away in the loft and discreetly covered so as not to alarm the plumber , we all had a coffee with a small touch of something stronger , and Alan recounted how he and Joy had arrived to collect it . |
| 8 | Conversely , they often assume , as do others , that someone working on religion theoretically and empirically does so from the standpoint of a believer , with the underlying assumption , ‘ Why else would anyone be interested in such a traditional , out-dated , and unimportant institution ? ’ |
| 9 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 10 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 11 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Aug. 22 , Cam was reluctant to accept the post and only did so after Do Muoi personally pressed him . |
| 12 | But the writer could n't understand the aristocracy of the Vatican and constantly said so . |
| 13 | The two should be interrelated and constantly evolving so that a five-year rolling plan is always in view . |
| 14 | Which means they 're 30% brighter and better directed so as not to blind oncoming drivers , while minimising back glare in fog . |
| 15 | I rang Danny and already checked so there is n't basically ! |
| 16 | Inside and outside seemed so absolutely separate that once again Zen , drifting off into pleasantly dopey inattention , had the sensation of being a mere spectator of screen images , some television documentary about hardy men who did dangerous work for big money . |
| 17 | Equity says no , and soon goes so far as to lay down a rule that a mortgage is a mere security for money , and something quite different from a genuine transfer of the ownership . |
| 18 | Sir Stafford had been searching all night and finally came so close that he heard the child crying : |
| 19 | At about the same time the Party was attempting to make contact with him and finally did so in the persons of two of its eventually outstanding members , Vo Nguyen Giap and Pham Van Dong . |
| 20 | Janice pulled away ; I could breathe again , and promptly did so . |
| 21 | On the plea that she feared others might intrude , she asked permission to lock the door and promptly did so from the outside . |
| 22 | He condemned Crilly for his hash , and once went so far as to yank a steaming thick spliff from Crilly 's hand and toss it down the lighthouse cliff . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's Ms Lawson , ’ she said , with careful emphasis on the Ms. Loretta was perfectly entitled to call herself Dr Lawson and usually did so . |
| 24 | This may start in July and always does so in August . |
| 25 | Government relied on force , not justice , and still does so . |
| 26 | She reveals that she has always carried a photograph of Levy in her handbag and still does so today . |
| 27 | Giving priority to developmental work was appropriate in the circumstances of Nottinghamshire in the mid-eighties and still remains so in many respects . |
| 28 | When an active fang is ripped out , the next most mature one takes its place and quickly develops so that it is ready to fire . |
| 29 | THE Institute 's attractions included a billiard room and a bathroom where a hot or cold shower cost 4d , and quickly proved so popular the building was overwhelmed . |
| 30 | The glare dimmed and outlines of roofs and trees and angles at street junctions , lampposts , signs , doorways , scaffolding and cranes — too molten to look up at at two in the afternoon — calmed into focus , became distinct against the astounding pure clarity of the sky , and later became so sharp and clear that looking at them was like a note you could not hear but only sense within the ear by some change in vibration . |