Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I know he has a meeting scheduled in St Maarten for the 20th , so I assume two nights will be fine . |
2 | The Danakil guide we had acquired at Bilen had tried to bolt on the march , so I detailed two soldiers to guard him till dawn . |
3 | ‘ So I had two choices . |
4 | The water was getting hot and becoming clouded with the residue of the last course , so I crumbled two Oxo cubes into it and stirred . |
5 | She thought she heard someone coming down the passage , so she grabbed two paper towels and wrapped them round the offending literature . |
6 | You roll the Artillery dice twice when a cannon is fired , so you have two chances of rolling a Misfire result . |
7 | ‘ Oh , ’ she mumbled again , and just had to ask then what did n't really need asking , but more — confirming , ‘ So you have two secretaries ? ’ |
8 | Hm , so you want two pounds fifteen for a diary ? |
9 | Ian came with us part of the way , so we took two cars and left ours at the finishing point and Ian 's at the entrance to the track . |
10 | My mum 's the sort of person who 'll just argue with anything , if she thinks she 'll argue with anybody , or anything if she thinks that she 's being swindled , so like , she even went to the extent of having , they , we had an extension built , right , and she , we had it , only fair 's fair , this one particular suite , we had erm , and they , they had this absolutely massive bathroom built , okay not specifically to have a nicer bathroom , but to have a very big room and erm , so they had two sinks , this sounds real extravagant , erm , |
11 | We had every other Sunday off , you see , but otherwise we worked and did n't get any extra for it but of course the girls like myself well erm we could n't lift these huge urns of tea so they had two men keep them on , you see , and er , and we were er perhaps I know one day we did n't finish until five o'clock in the morning |
12 | It was just after seven so he had two hours before his appointment with Elisa Stasi . |
13 | Yarnell decided to prove his point so he detached two aircraft carriers , the Saratoga and Lexington and a few destroyers from his battle fleet and set sail for Oahu in poor weather conditions , radio silence and no lights . |