Example sentences of "[conj] so [adv] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came to Baldersdale a hundred years or so ago to help construct the Hury Reservoir — I think Low Birk Hatt was built around the same time . |
| 2 | It had been intended , purely and simply , as an insult , but it had come out with just a hint of that genuine curiosity that so unexpectedly had afflicted her just a moment before . |
| 3 | Thus , the red tape that so often seems to characterize bureaucracies need not be a manifestation of bureaucrats ' love for due process . |
| 4 | Another possibility is that all quasars and BL Lac objects are beamed roughly towards us , and that something else distinguishes them — something that so far remains hidden in the enigmatic central powerhouse . |
| 5 | Well , pardon me for belching , but what we 're talking about here is a virtually unparalleled ( in this musical medium , at least ) honesty and open-ness that so far has hampered the Kitchens ' career like a rucksack full of rocks . |
| 6 | He was sufficiently confused by the English way of repressing emotion to characterise kind Hearts and Coronets as characteristic of Ealing movies in being emotionally quite frozen , ’ and so fastidiously determined to stay aloof from bland commercialism that he took no interest in the horror genre ( even though his later use of the Frankenstein story in his 1982 film Britannia Hospital suggests how much of a contribution he might have made in this area ) . |
| 7 | The humpback 's singing can be heard from 32 kilometres away and so probably helps to bring breeding individuals together . |
| 8 | Clearly , I am focusing on the idea that it is the residues of bad experiences that lurk as bad objects in our psyche that cause us so much trouble because they have to be avoided at all costs and so rarely get modified by experience . |
| 9 | Now , the last thing I want to say , because I know we , our guest is here , and so presumably has collected his thoughts and is able to leap into the breach , the last thing I want to say on this is , writing articles , writing pieces , is a game , another area where practice makes perfect . |
| 10 | The mundane details of the denunciations , the decrees against Jews using the telephone or travelling on the Métro and so on had brought home to him that the French had both suffered by and been complicit in the Holocaust . |
| 11 | And they realized that all their efforts in controlling quality by inspection and so on had failed . |
| 12 | And I 'm quite sure that what Mr Major will then say if , if er demand and borrowing and so on does take off again , er is that this is because the real economy has improved , but of course it wo n't be true , er and we shall have to pay the price again er at the end of the , of the honeymoon period . |
| 13 | In order for such a policy to be successful and efficient the government has to have some idea of the size of any changes in tax rates and so on required to stabilize the economy , and some idea of when precisely such changes are required . |
| 14 | I never found it to be a boring job , erm if it is boring I think it 's because they 're only making it , if they make it that way and I think it 's partly due , if they , if people do talk that way then I think it 's partly due to the sort of duty systems that people work now , and erm the number of hours they work , and , and strangely for little things like the introduction of television , I think television , very nice in its way but it 's killed life on fire stations and in certain areas , cos the whole business of conversation and learning and so on has gone , people would much sooner sit nowadays in front of the television and be entertained for an evening , instead of using all the other skills and , and erm things that are offered to them . |
| 15 | Now the red blood cells and so on have leaked out into the surrounding tissues . |
| 16 | The Scottish Consumer Council , Transport 2000 , Bus Watch and so on have urged that consumer interest should be statutorily enforceable by the Bill , but the Minister has rejected such recommendations . |
| 17 | They feel terrible and so perhaps decide to try twice as hard tomorrow . |
| 18 | He said the police were talking to everyone Angie had seen in the two weeks before she … well … vanished , and so far had come up with nothing . |
| 19 | They made a manifesto commitment in April and so far have done nothing to act on it . ’ |
| 20 | They have looked at a clear historical development , distinct traditions and geographical origins in determining this question , and so far have confirmed that Sikhs , Jews , and Gypsies , but not Rastafarians , are ethnic groups . |
| 21 | Convocation supports the Library through its continuing Library Appeal Fund and so far has raised £3000 . |
| 22 | As with most sports , triathlon can be expensive , and so far has cost Alastair between £3,000 and £4,000 a year in travelling and training costs . |
| 23 | In addition , Harland & Wolff has teamed up with the Japanese manufacturing giant Kawasaki , and so far has sent 60 people across to the Japanese yards to study their methods . |
| 24 | It seeks to reduce the numbers of people to whom Education Advisers relate in the area staff , gives Coordinators and their area secretaries the responsibility of organising programmes within their own Regions and finally , achieves the sort of balance between Regions and Overseas Groups we have sought and so far failed to achieve . |
| 25 | Ultimately , much of the debate comes down to the question of choice , the word that the Tories have so successfully colonised in rhetoric and so often failed to deliver in reality . |
| 26 | One intended to go to Gateshead college full time for a year to do five GCSEs , but was unable to get a grant or income support because she did not qualify under the 22-hour rule and so reluctantly decided to attend part time instead . |
| 27 | Step forward Kyocera which has produced an 18ppm laser printer with a special drum which keeps cleaning and recycling the toner , and so never needs replacing . |
| 28 | I love this club and so only wish to offer encouragement . |
| 29 | For 20 minutes the air will gradually charge , as Sidney 's fantastical imaginary seduction acts itself out through the medium of Byrd 's music , so neutral on the surface but so supremely calculated to carry such a sensual text . |
| 30 | But so much seemed to have changed … and Joe would make a much better ally than an enemy , if only he could accept the situation as it stood . |