Example sentences of "so [conj] [noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger ( Bryan Ferry could n't come because he had a cold ) were at my d'Offay Gallery opening last year raised it into a social event , so much so that Robin Vousden said , ‘ We have n't had an opening like this since Andy Warhol ’ . |
| 2 | There were insufficient funds for a third appointment so that Allan Hayhurst had to carry on in an honourary capacity combining once again the offices of Secretary and Treasurer . |
| 3 | But I wondered how to arrange things so that Émile Chaillot told him . |
| 4 | The first three shows last September really were filmed live , and the temperature in the first club reached 152°F scrambling the digital equipments programming , so that Matt Bianco found themselves miming to a completely different tune . |
| 5 | Despite this , the House of Lords rejected any concept of commercial equivalence so that Lord Atkin held : It was contended that in all commercial contracts the question was whether there was " substantial " compliance with the contract : there must always be some margin and it is for the tribunal of fact to determine whether the margin is exceeded or not . |
| 6 | The language of the Code is taken to constitute the major premise so that Lord Herschell said in Bank of England v Vagliano Brothers [ 1891 ] AC 107 : " [ T ] he law should be ascertained from interpreting the language used instead of , as before , roaming over a vast number of authorities in order to discover what the law was … " ( p145 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ First the Law Lords allowed a breach of the Homicide Act so that Tony Bland died by involuntary euthanasia , then a Select Committee on euthanasia was set up in their Lordships ' House , only to be rechristened ‘ Medical Ethics ’ . |
| 8 | Oliver was below the salt , as far as Sir Thomas was concerned , and Gwendolen had been placed next to Lord Beddington so that Sir Thomas did not have to look at her . |
| 9 | So if Sir Henry died , Baskerville Hall would go to James Desmond , who is a cousin of the Baskervilles . |
| 10 | So while Maria Candida retched and wailed and dabbed at her nose in the cabin , Sara spent most of her time up on deck , either with Dom Alfonso , who was acting as Dom João 's agent , or — on the calmer days — further for 'd , where she could watch the porpoises leaping round the bows and listen to the creak of timber and the wind in the rigging . |
| 11 | I do n't think that was true then , though it could have become so as Saddam Hussein faced continued sanctions . |
| 12 | So far Kine had had little success persuading the BBC 's higher management to take his Department more seriously , so when Doctor Who came along he saw a golden opportunity . |
| 13 | So when Dr Losberne offered to take Oliver to London to see Mr Brownlow , the boy was very pleased . |
| 14 | ‘ So when Gustav Eismark came to the Secretariat , ’ Sims went on , ‘ naturally we looked in the files about him . |
| 15 | So when Bryan Robson failed a fitness test , opening the way for Cantona 's full debut , it was McClair who was pushed back into midfield . |
| 16 | He had grown up with the impression that women 's motives were suspect , and so when Tom Rooney had given him advice he had found it so easy to believe , because it was what — subconsciously — he expected . |
| 17 | So Angela did n't want to get involved — she did n't need the capital , after all — and she said to me she might do it in a year or so when Miss Huntley had calmed down . ’ |