Example sentences of "[coord] so [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What had begun as a jeu d'esprit of a mere 30,000 words or so made Lewis a household name . |
| 2 | ‘ Given there are some 100,000 climbers in the UK and only 100 or so took part , I ca n't help but think that a tremendous message of indifference . |
| 3 | Bridge moved up a place at the weekend to fourth from bottom , without playing a game , as Bedlington had three points deducted for playing an ineligible player , and so swapped places with the Darlington club . |
| 4 | Bacon did not want to teach but liked the studio that was offered him , and so replaced Minton , less as a tutor than as an honorary visitor . |
| 5 | The move to the country outside had begun , and so had Aarau 's export trade , at that time mostly textiles . |
| 6 | Yet they had both seen the horror , and so had Tina . |
| 7 | Miriam had offered to do it for him , and so had Eliza and Margaret , and he could , of course , easily have given it to the dhobi in spite of his inflated prices . |
| 8 | The recent conclusion that the Proconsul hand had a fully opposable thumb , with rotation at the trapezium-first metacarpal joint at least as extensive as in other hominoids , is of particular significance in combination with thumb length , for Proconsul lacks the relatively short thumb of the living great apes and so had hand proportions very similar to those of modern humans . |
| 9 | He retired over there : his marriage had gone and so had his daughter 's ’ — and so had Magill 's first marriage she knew : marriages in the secret world had a high casuality rate — ‘ and she went over to keep house for him . ’ |
| 10 | But Alix and Brian had found one another , and so had Otto and Caroline Werner : Esther was caught between lofty Edgar and little Pete Petrie , herself the smallest of all . |
| 11 | Yeah and so had wages increased in ? |
| 12 | She had settled in Thrush Green as snugly as a bird in its nest , and so had Jeremy . |
| 13 | Had he been so certain then he would n't still be guarding her name so zealously lest any whisper of their attachment got out and so caused Rosemary to decide never to see him again . |
| 14 | One of the grooms , Seton ( a reputed lover of the King ) , knew the paths well and , in the darkness , somehow got far in advance of the King and so reached Kinghorn Manor . |
| 15 | Her new owner was prepared for some difficulty , and so took Anna to a good professional horsebreaker ; but to no avail . |
| 16 | If he had not tried to cancel it ( and so murdered Macduff 's family ) , Macduff might not have killed him ; if he had not killed Duncan , he might conceivably have become king some other way . |
| 17 | He lost the ball in a tackle and so spilled CI 's chances of a perfect start . |
| 18 | This led to a deep conflict within himself which carried with it the handicap that he did not really understand the ordinary world , was remote from everyday life , and so lacked balance . |
| 19 | All it achieves is to give them an air of generosity , and so put Abraham at an even greater disadvantage in the rounds to come . |
| 20 | They uneasy structure militated against spontaneity or the development of real humour — the show looked uncomfortable and so did Normski . |
| 21 | Joan Fort , a dedicated tea lady and kit washer , also got an award and so did Davey Harrison for his two hat tricks . |
| 22 | Coach tours proliferated and so did specially-chartered trains to take holiday-makers to destinations in their own countries or abroad . |
| 23 | I handled some and so did Mueller . |
| 24 | I married young and so did Joanne and Betty . ’ |
| 25 | I began to weep and so did Liza . |
| 26 | But I thought she was stirring it you see and so did Diane . |
| 27 | I refused to sign it , and so did Steve Ovett — we had already made our positions clear on the subject . |
| 28 | She moved to one side and so did Naylor . |
| 29 | He looked at her with detestation , and so did April . |
| 30 | Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great knew it , and so did Britain 's Queen Victoria — " might is right . " |