Example sentences of "so [adv] he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHEN Alex Ferguson joined Manchester United as the new boss he wanted me out of Old Trafford so badly he tried to make me redundant . |
| 2 | Originally from Stockport , Cheshire , worked as an Outward Bound instructor in Devon for a couple of years and liked the county so much he decided to stay . |
| 3 | ‘ He liked the song so much he wanted to have a long version of it , ’ claimed Moroder , ‘ and that 's when I did the 17-minute one . |
| 4 | During the first war he 'd he 'd lost a ship and so finally he decided to buy a ship and he bought two little schooners in f in Porthmadog . |
| 5 | So off he went to spend a day with people or institutions that embodied the very best our country has to offer . |
| 6 | So off he went to find Charlie Pigeon . |
| 7 | So whenever he tried to explain any musical idea he just could n't make his bands understand . |
| 8 | So now he had to think of something different . |
| 9 | Every so often he gets to do the movie 's Grand Canyon metaphor , musing on the sort of terribly big , terribly ancient landmark beside which humans dwindle to the size and importance of scurrying ants . |
| 10 | Philip Bond gives a wonderful and moving portrayal of jaded professor Frank , who does his tutoring job so well he has to watch the once passionate and sentimental Rita turn into a trendy talker whose empty phrases contain nothing of the real her . |
| 11 | Pascoe 's mind was racing so fast he had to make an effort of will to bring it under control . |
| 12 | The only problem was that every time he let the dog off the lead it tried to provide itself with a sheep supper , so consequently he had to keep it on the lead and feed it on tins of beans , sausages , bacon and egg , which had so exhausted his stock of food that now he was living on porridge and giving the dog the rest of his sausages . |
| 13 | So why he continues to work with these faceless muso halfwits is presumably a matter between his muse and his accountant . |
| 14 | So instead he decided to climb Everest . |