Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] so [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I do so and see whether he is still of the same mind ? |
| 2 | The extreme poverty of the whole concern is pathetic , and I wished I 'd paid more for the things I bought so as to make life easier for these tanners who look just about ready to give up . |
| 3 | I did so and heard Hutton take the call in his office . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A year after I arrived in Fontanellato I did so and won a scholarship which paid half my school fees . |
| 6 | In contrast , in Crowhurst v. Amersham Burial Board , the defendants planted on their land a yew tree which grew so as to project over onto the land of the plaintiff on which cattle were pastured . |
| 7 | A sense of loss of identity causes the voyager to project what he or she encounters so as to perceive it as an external phenomenon , and also to introject elements of the familiar world in order to recreate a recognizable context . |
| 8 | Clarissa said she wished she thought so and looked gloomier still . |
| 9 | Slide diagonally forwards as you do so and twist your hips so that your centre-line faces the opponent . |
| 10 | 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 ! |
| 11 | She opened the door , looking away as she did so and listening for a second to the song of a skylark on the wind . |
| 12 | She did so and handed them back to him , her irritation scarcely hidden . |
| 13 | If our inclinations are to intervene , should we do so or resist them as sentimental ? |
| 14 | ‘ I was the first one to say so and shout at her , ‘ My girl , you have really created a huge problem . ’ |
| 15 | We may seek out partners incapable of loving us in the way we need so as to experience again the brief hope that this time it will be all right or as Lisa Minelli sang in the film Cabaret , ‘ This time I 'll be lucky ’ , before the pain sweeps in again to overwhelm us . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . … |
| 18 | Please permit her to do so as arranged with you by phone . |
| 19 | It was to meet cases of this kind that Equity invented the great remedies of specific performance and injunction : specific performance to compel a man actually to do what he has promised — to give you the land in return for the money , to pay you the purchase money in return for the land ; injunction to forbid him to do what he has promised not to do or what he has no right to do — to forbid him to open the public house or the music-school , to forbid him to build so as to block up your light , even to compel him to pull down the objectionable wall ; the last sort of injunction is called mandatory . |
| 20 | They did so and radioed to confirm their original report . |
| 21 | They did so and informed their clients of what they had discovered ; they then returned the papers . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | HSE 's director-general , , said : ‘ Law that is fussy or demands unnecessary detail is ineffective and also gives too many opportunities to consultants and others to exaggerate what it requires so as to get themselves business — quite a problem at present . ’ |
| 24 | Rachel could have brought the snow in and let it melt so as to distract attention from herself . |
| 25 | He did so when play was about to resume after a stoppage early in the last session of the fourth day , with the score 384 for 7 , and he could hardly have timed it more precisely ; 60 for 3 overnight , and , as next morning it looked as though it might rain at any time , Marshall decided to polish the rest off quickly . |
| 26 | He did so and handed the slip of paper to Maurice . |
| 27 | He did so and reaffirmed it . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And it does so while providing a perfect fit . |