Example sentences of "he [verb] so [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He did so and handed the slip of paper to Maurice . |
| 5 | He did so and reaffirmed it . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |