Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | How is it that love and hate live so close together within one pulsing heart ? |
| 2 | Yo was left of centre but not militant ; in the dying moments of the Japanese administration he was invited to form a transitional administration and agreed to do so , on the basis of the release of political prisoners and of no interference with the organisation of workers , peasants , students and youths . |
| 3 | Went in there and went and got dressed so Mary was up then so when I got back downstairs the er breakfast , my breakfast was on the table . |
| 4 | English is such a rich language and has gathered so much from many linguistic sources that you must consciously choose and reject words if you are to write well . |
| 5 | Mr. Wilson : We know that the Hon. Gentleman is advising both companies — he informed us of that in Committee and has said so again tonight — but is it correct that he is backing Strathtay for his own area ? |
| 6 | Britain of course protests that ‘ no country is doing more ’ to reduce sulphur — but then no country in Western Europe creates so much pollution and has done so little ( nothing ) in the past . |
| 7 | In the last couple of years , Paul Merton has emerged from a tidal wave of British comic talent , that swelled at the beginning of the Eighties and continues to rain all around us , and has done so on a laugh raft all of his own . |
| 8 | Liturgical song does matter and has done so down the centuries since the early days of the Church . |
| 9 | And he grows hellebores Christmas Roses to the uninitiated — and has done so professionally since retiring from his job as a mathematics lecturer at Manchester University at the age of 50 , 18 months ago . |
| 10 | The child has initially been asked to compare the number of cars on the two shelves , and has done so correctly . |
| 11 | BARB 's research shows that the average individual watches around three and a half hours of television per day ( and has done so for at least the last 10 years ) , just over half of this being ITV . |
| 12 | Radio 4 's excellent Margaret Howard , who presents Pick of The Week ( and has done so for 17 years ) is in the same boat . |
| 13 | Under section 230 certain derogations from the provisions of Schedule 4 apply to the individual accounts of a parent which is required to prepare consolidated accounts ( and has done so ) thereby rendering those provisions otiose . |
| 14 | He was elected to Middlesbrough Council in 1983 to represent Hemlington and has done so ever since . |
| 15 | Solvent can kill and has done so in the past . ’ |
| 16 | Their relationship became very special and has remained so . |
| 17 | When I was first studying the map of Scotland and planning itineraries , Lochinver was a magic name , and has remained so . |
| 18 | Neoclassicism , in this sense , became the basis of all European and Western criminal law jurisdictions and has remained so , more or less , to this day . |
| 19 | Education after 1902 immediately became the largest and most important service provided by local government and has remained so ever since ( Regan 1979 ) . |
| 20 | This institution for the higher education of deaf students in Washington DC was at that time unique in the world and has remained so since its inauguration in 1864 . |
| 21 | Punch is certainly one of the great British institutions , and has become so much a way of life as to make it impossible to imagine a world without it . |
| 22 | Indeed , he has subverted the stake-in-the-heart , garlic-and-cross myth and has become so popular that he now has his own New Orleans-based fanclub . |
| 23 | He flew in three days ago and has become so accustomed to the highlife that he now refuses to leave . |
| 24 | ‘ She is now so far up the beach and has suffered so much damage that it would be physically impossible to get her off , ’ said Orkney 's Marine Pollution Officer , Captain Bob Sclater . |
| 25 | In other words , so far as I am concerned , unless and until we are prepared to deal with this demonstrated cause of inflation and want to do so , we are wasting our time ; and as soon as we want to do so , there is no reason to suppose that there will be any problem or therefore any reason for an incomes policy as defined . |
| 26 | For those who are capable of learning how to modify diet and insulin dose to suit prevailing circumstances and want to do so , the ability to determine their own blood glucose has been a major step forward , permitting more satisfactory glycaemic control and a more adventurous approach to many activities ( Skyler et al , 1978 ; Sonksen et al , 1978 ; Walford et al , 1978 ) . |
| 27 | Walkers who have visited the caves and potholes already mentioned , and enjoyed doing so , will be sorely tempted to stay on the limestone shelf and search for the dozen or more other similar openings hereabouts and then return to the Hill Inn for refreshment . |
| 28 | Chronic under-nutrition will lead to the child 's demanding less and becoming withdrawn so that the mother fails to provide any more . |
| 29 | ‘ Because he was forever making dens in trees , ’ said his nan , who knew this was another , ‘ and one day a big crow flew up and scared him and he lost his hold and fell on to his head and stopped growing so let that be a lesson to you . ’ |
| 30 | Again , the influence of Cleveland is clear , and even more so in the child 's new right to refuse a medical examination , if of an age and understanding to do so . |