Example sentences of "[verb] so [subord] [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I do n't think so cos I 've never took that with me . |
| 2 | But er there was a time , they got so If you had carried it too green , erm you er it could catch fire . |
| 3 | Besides the Maya knew of the wheel — and how could they have done so unless they had been told about it by extraterrestrial visitors ? |
| 4 | Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops . |
| 5 | They would not have done so if they had been loose on their mountings . |
| 6 | Although the number of ‘ high-bay ’ systems constructed in the United Kingdom to date is relatively few the companies who have made this kind of investment have done so because they have clearly recognised the advantages which such systems offer . |
| 7 | When questioned , Mason , the carpenter , agreed that it was he who had raised the flag , but said that he had done so because he had been prematurely informed of the relief of Mafeking . |
| 8 | she had said so when they had discussed his teeth . |
| 9 | They should do so if they have any compassion . |
| 10 | And if Oliver wants to see me — which might be a good idea if I can talk some sense into him — then I 'll only do so if I 've cleared it with Stuart first . |
| 11 | ‘ You would n't have thought so if you 'd heard him shouting after me as I ran away , ’ Sarah said . |
| 12 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 13 | I realized , however , that to do so after we had been deprived of half our rifles and whatever security the protection of the Government afforded us would be to invite almost certain massacre . |
| 14 | And how are we to make alliances with those women or are we to say that we do not wish to do so until they 've gone through a greater degree of learning process . |
| 15 | ‘ The means of accomplishing these points did not immediately present themselves : but early in 1765 it occurred to me that , if a communication were opened between a cylinder containing steam and another vessel which was exhausted of air and other fluids , would immediately rush into the empty vessel , and continue to do so until it had established an equilibrium : and if that vessel were kept cool by an injection , or otherwise , more steam would continue to enter until the whole was condensed ’ . |
| 16 | ( It is easier to do so if you have friends who can own up to feeling the same way . ) |
| 17 | Authority figures who abuse their power are , of course , doing so because they have received that sort of abuse themselves ( and in receiving have also learned how to give abuse ) and perhaps because they perceive others as a threat : ‘ I will dominate you before you have any chance of dominating me . ’ |
| 18 | You would n't have spoken so if he 'd been alive , ’ Miss Phoebe protested . |
| 19 | He was slow to sign up two aged persons as being of unsound mind , and only did so after they had given a good deal of trouble at the workhouse . |
| 20 | However , it must be pointed out that there will be an early encashment charge if you do so before you have paid six full years ' contributions . |
| 21 | The majority of candidates who fail do so because they have been so nervous that they have not been able to think clearly , far less to perform well . |
| 22 | Feelings , the Collector now suspected , were just as important as ideas , though young Fleury no longer appeared to think so for he had given up talking of civilization as a " beneficial disease " ; he had discovered the manly pleasures to be found in inventing things , in making things work , in getting results , in cause and effect . |
| 23 | You 're not often disorganised so when you have to backtrack or retrace your steps to do or get something you 've forgotten you wo n't be best pleased . |
| 24 | Well I think so cos I have to write in the book , I have to put myself ! |
| 25 | It might be objected that when the comparison of habituation and latent inhibition gives rise to a discrepancy , it does so because we have failed to compare like with like . |
| 26 | For a long time Roe has harboured a desire to do some commentating so when he had the chance at the European he took it with both hands . |