Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] so and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I do so and see whether he is still of the same mind ? |
| 2 | I did so and heard Hutton take the call in his office . |
| 3 | A fortnight before leaving home my sister had developed mumps , but with the advice of two Harley Street specialists to proceed , I did so and hoped fate would be kind . |
| 4 | A year after I arrived in Fontanellato I did so and won a scholarship which paid half my school fees . |
| 5 | Clarissa said she wished she thought so and looked gloomier still . |
| 6 | Slide diagonally forwards as you do so and twist your hips so that your centre-line faces the opponent . |
| 7 | It took Baba Yaga a long time to struggle through the bushes , — but at last she did so and came after them as before , crying , " Hoo ! |
| 8 | She opened the door , looking away as she did so and listening for a second to the song of a skylark on the wind . |
| 9 | She did so and handed them back to him , her irritation scarcely hidden . |
| 10 | ‘ I was the first one to say so and shout at her , ‘ My girl , you have really created a huge problem . ’ |
| 11 | When the plaintiff then attempted to remove the furniture the defendant forbade him to do so and stationed a policeman at the gate to make sure he did not . |
| 12 | She signed it because her husband pressed her to do so and told her he was being pressed by Campbell , and because she believed that if she would sign it … it would enable her husband to settle the beer contract . … |
| 13 | They did so and radioed to confirm their original report . |
| 14 | They did so and informed their clients of what they had discovered ; they then returned the papers . |
| 15 | The fact that they do so and produce any results at all in such circumstances says a great deal about the men and women who serve us all in Derbyshire . |
| 16 | He did so and handed the slip of paper to Maurice . |
| 17 | He did so and reaffirmed it . |
| 18 | ‘ We found a few , ’ he told her , answering her question about the mussels , pulling off his jacket as he did so and draping it carelessly over the back of the chair . |
| 19 | He had turned to look at her , slipping off his coat as he did so and tossing it carelessly over the back of one of the armchairs . |