Example sentences of "so [conj] i [verb] up " in BNC.

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1 absurd cries , so that I looked up , even then ,
2 They 've come a long way since those days though — the soles of that pair were completely worn through after 400 miles walking in the Andes so that I ended up walking in my socks !
3 But the wind was behind me and each wave picked up the boat and surged her ahead , so that I tied up at the pier some fifteen hours after I had left , a little tired but satisfied that another small gap in our knowledge of birds had been filled .
4 It moves another two inches and stops , then another two inches and stops , and continues like so until I pick up the rod and strike .
5 In the next week or so until I met up with him again I was suffused with wild imaginings .
6 ‘ Dragging also depends on size , so if I pick up a bunch of stuff I get a lower dragging sound than if I pick up just one .
7 so if I get up there and do it early in the morning , well it do n't get light till half seven
8 I know there are people around who think I 'm an OK teacher , so if I screw up occasionally that 's not going to sink my reputation .
9 ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind .
10 And so as I grew up er they knew me and I knew them and I was to need one or two later on , for various reasons , but er you could n't see it at the time .
11 so when I got up half past six and I got shaved now at last , gon na go and get ready and pull the curtains back , oh what a of rain , I says oh I says
12 So when I got up in the morning this bloody landlord was here , full side of beef , oh , I said , I do n't want that bugger going home in that and getting stopped Full side of beef !
13 I often used to get stomach-ache if I had n't had enough to eat so when I woke up with a pain I thought maybe I was hungry again , but because the baby was due any day I thought it best to tell my mum .
14 So when I woke up this morning , early for a change , and the sun was actually shining , I suddenly felt lighter .
15 And we had to laugh , he said , well can you be ill a bit longer because he , er , he cooked her something to eat and he feeds her and so when I rang up I never got her on th , I never spoke to her for a week !
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