Example sentences of "so [conj] i [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had once given a few lessons to a nun at a convent not far from where I lived , so that I was slightly known there . |
| 2 | He tried to force his grin … he held his ground and the fear once again welled up inside me so that I was sick to my stomach . |
| 3 | So much so that I was ready for a rich joke when my family got home from their various doings that birthday evening . |
| 4 | He also became friends with the eccentric Duke of Montagu of Boughton House in Northamptonshire , for ‘ In Stamford … there was not one person , clergy or lay , that had any taste of learning or ingenuity , so that I was actually as much dead in converse as in a coffin . ’ |
| 5 | She would then speak as if talking to herself , but what she said was aimed at me and usually struck to the core of my being , so that I was stunned into silence … |
| 6 | So much so that I was totally unable to move . |
| 7 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 8 | It also seemed to inspire a sort of motherly affection in others , so that I was more likely to get away with carelessness or naughtiness than were my more physically mature contemporaries . |
| 9 | Richard seemed to me to have changed so much , become humourless and uncertain-tempered , a family man who grumbled because his socks were not mended and his shirts not ironed properly , so that I was slightly nervous of him and also resentful : I felt that I had become , in his eyes , so much a wife , that he would see my new involvement as a nice occupation for me , like embroidery or dressmaking . |
| 10 | My Squadron 499 of the Air Training Corps became very successful , so much so that I was awarded a national honour , a Member of the British Empire , MBE ( Military ) . |
| 11 | I climbed on to the window-seat and drew the curtains , so that I was completely hidden . |
| 12 | Someone lifted me up on to a high chair , so that I was close to his nose . |
| 13 | He remained staring at me , so that I was embarrassed . |
| 14 | The devil of it was the vehicle was a left-hand drive , so that I was on the side that would go over the edge first . |
| 15 | When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things . |
| 16 | Because I took midwifery and I took a little bit of erm school nursing and general you know , so that I was capable take a district on Anglesey . |
| 17 | I caught it with the catapult , the thick black tubing of the rubber twisting once in the air as I scissored my hands and fell back , letting the buck go over my head and then kicking with my legs and turning myself so that I was level with it where it lay , kicking and struggling with the power of a wolverine , spreadeagled on the sand slope with its neck caught in the black rubber . |
| 18 | ‘ My father and Edwin Garland were very close friends , so much so that I was brought up to regard Beryl and Francis as cousins . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Especially when I was shutting myself away until two or three in the morning , so that I was absolutely certain that I was going to be able to go into the studio a few hours later and deliver something that was believable and complete . ’ |
| 20 | And er , jus playing so that I was trying to like erm or P A B , or P A E B as th , . |
| 21 | Mhm yeah and erm that kind of thing comes into it so that I was wondering if there 's any way of er kind of y'know and what y'know where 's that something about changing changing changing changing rooms somewhere ? |
| 22 | So if I were using , making a water based printing ink , what other stuff would I have to put in as well as water ? |
| 23 | ‘ So if I were to screen a feature film for you , and in it there was a scene that took place with two characters talking on a sofa , you would be able to tell me whether there was an object lying behind it ? ’ |
| 24 | So if I were you I would just have a word with your insurance company and make sure that everything 's okay but you 're obviously , they must know that you 've got to leave your er fridge-freezer switched on , so you 've got to have your mains electrics on . |
| 25 | So if I were you , I 'd nip over to the Company Health Club for a couple of hours , tidy yourself up a bit , and see what they can do to lick your wounds . ’ |
| 26 | Someone paid them good money , a lot of money , to do that — this so-called ‘ friend ’ they mentioned — so if I were you I 'd be trying to work out who he is rather than getting on my soapbox . |
| 27 | So if I were to go out tomorrow and see one and it was nice |
| 28 | So if I was working a full week , Sunday to Sunday , the next day would be my rest day , and the next week , it would be a Tuesday . |
| 29 | I used to think going out was like a balance to work , so if I was working hard I would go out to balance that |
| 30 | So if I was to say to you that you can take him to the Justices if that 's your pleasure - " He turned and fixed Sir Gregory with eyes that radiated hatred from beneath fiery brows — " I do n't think you 'd like that , would you ? |