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

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1 When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad .
2 Although the defendants had power to cut off the water supply for non-payment of rates they had neither done so nor threatened to do so .
3 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 .
4 But he had finally done so and had seen other eagles , each in his own cage , all mature , all seeming big and threatening .
5 They wished to kill and devour the father and then imagined that they had done so and felt guilty — is this what happened ?
6 If the guess was wrong then she was told so and asked to guess again .
7 If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter .
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