Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] so and " in BNC.
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| 1 | They failed to do so and the chance of forcing a negotiated peace was lost . |
| 2 | Held , allowing the appeal , that , where a creditor knew that security was being taken for the benefit of a debtor from a surety who was likely to be influenced by and to have some degree of reliance on the debtor , the creditor should seek to ensure that unfair advantage was not taken of the surety ; that , if the creditor failed to do so and the surety 's consent to the transaction was procured by the debtor 's undue influence or material misrepresentation or the surety lacked an adequate understanding of the nature and effect of the transaction , the security would be unenforceable ; that the bank knew that the defendants were husband and wife and that the wife was being asked to provide security for the husband 's business and was likely to rely on his judgment , and they should have ensured that she understood the nature and effect of the document which she was asked to sign ; and that , since the bank had failed to do so and had left it to the husband to explain the transaction , so that as a result of the husband 's misrepresentation the wife entered into the charge on the misunderstanding that her liability was limited to £60,000 , they could not enforce the charge against the wife save to the extent of £60,000 ( post , pp. 620C–G , 622F — 623C , D–F , 635G — 636F ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They wished to kill and devour the father and then imagined that they had done so and felt guilty — is this what happened ? |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | I wrote to say so and received a courteous reply from the producer , who said , ‘ I 'm interested in the DIY approach you suggest and in our next series perhaps we 'll look at this more closely . ’ |
| 7 | She had lived so long within its walls that , when the great-grandfather of Miss Douglas found it necessary to abandon the castle from its ruinous state , she refused to do so and continued to find shelter there till her death , towards the beginning of the last century . |
| 8 | Most came to terms with the constraints of the existing order but a radical wing refused to do so and dreamed of a society run on rational lines laid down by acknowledged experts ( themselves ) — a society they dubbed ‘ socialist ’ . |
| 9 | However , the Soviet pilot of the aircraft chartered to transport the missiles refused to do so and it was not until mid-February that a US aircraft set out . |
| 10 | He refused to do so and was suspended . |