Example sentences of "[vb infin] so [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or somebody said do you want so and so , no thanks |
| 2 | • Does the machine have an effective cool zone into which loose particles of food can fall so as not to expose the oil to carbonisation , which will reduce the life of the oil ? |
| 3 | You notice in that quotation that Adams says that they may study so and so . |
| 4 | On the other hand , optimal allocation would give so that i.e. |
| 5 | Despite this stance and the pressure from the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd to respond positively to de Klerk 's announcement , however , EC Foreign Ministers decided in Brussels on Feb. 4 not to ease sanctions until " legislative action was taken " in South Africa , apparently meaning that they would do so as soon as the legislation was tabled . |
| 6 | For a discussion of the relevant case law see Chapter 9 , 6(d). ( h ) The decision The court is not obliged to reach a decision at the final hearing but it must do so as soon as is practicable ( FPCR , r21(4) ; FPR , r4.21(3) ) . |
| 7 | In so far as the house does represent a large capital asset , and it undoubtedly does , I am quite clear that in the long term , house prices are likely , generally to rise with inflation , indeed I would think must do so or perhaps to rise rather more quickly than inflation if there is a rising population and as there has been for very , very ma many years have passed , that , in the passed a decreasing occupancy rate . |
| 8 | The key question is now no longer whether stress accelerates ageing — there is a growing medical consensus that it can do so and often dramatically — but how best to prevent it . |
| 9 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 10 | And many of my staff in s in not just but one or two others , see this as the tail wagging the dog if you like where somebody says , you will do so and so , or you know , I 'm telling you you 'll do this . |
| 11 | We always had to go to the big men on our knees and touch our forelocks and say ‘ Please can we do so and so … ? ’ |
| 12 | You should have said so and so could you come and do so and so love , my daughter 's now do Christmas for me |
| 13 | They 'll say well why did this cheque do so and so and why did this do so and so and like he said well when you 're talking about forty eight pound an hour you do n't want me poking round there trying to sort out the tax man |
| 14 | They 'll say well why did this cheque do so and so and why did this do so and so and like he said well when you 're talking about forty eight pound an hour you do n't want me poking round there trying to sort out the tax man |
| 15 | Yeah well they 've got ta be cooked tonight so you got ta do so and so , so and so and so and so and he 's gon na be cooking all these sausages and stuff ! |
| 16 | Meant to dash here and do so and so , and so and so ! |
| 17 | Home and childrearing commitments dictate the terms and conditions on which women can work so that overwhelmingly at present they are forced into the third leaf of the shamrock as low-paid semiskilled part-timers . |
| 18 | Well , you know , practically , the governor or the head you see , he knows what he 's got ta work , but erm , I , I know because the lads do n't , but he generally tells them well I wan na work so and so and he gives me a bit of paper with the horses names on wants galloping . |
| 19 | If I see this and if I see that , then that means something else , and that something else taken in conjunction with something else that I see might suggest so and so , and so on . |
| 20 | I am convinced that it would be foolish for the Government to formulate policy until we are clear , from the European Court , what that policy should avoid so as not to become entangled in the law . |
| 21 | Oh there 's people go down the Chinese with letters and the boy 'll give it to me erm can I have so and so , so and so , so and so , so and so , I 'll pay you tomorrow when get paid . |
| 22 | in case you 're gon na be hungry you think well I 'll just have so and so and then it 's |
| 23 | Oh come on I 'll do it for you , well you 've got ta press so and so , here you are I 'll do it . |
| 24 | You can sit there and say , I could go so and so if I want , but not bother . |
| 25 | They are prone to silting which slows the current and causes shallows ; water levels can vary so that both in flood and drought rivers can become impassable . |
| 26 | He was right when he said the question I would have to answer most was ‘ When do we reach so and so ? ’ … and if I were a regular waiter he said I would know the answers , even though we 're thirty-five minutes earlier everywhere than the regular Canadian . ’ |
| 27 | The intensity of Comfort 's concentration was almost palpable and Julia lay as still as she could and breathed as carefully as her sodden lungs would allow so as not to disturb her . |
| 28 | Or if they were told that they could n't get so and so , that was it . |
| 29 | To a readership schooled in ménages from Anna Karenina to Dynasty it would seem so and yet we are never really sure . |
| 30 | Well our M O T guy , fair do you know and he 'll say so and so wants doing , can you take it away and do it ? |