Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are five scratch and five handicap prizes , so everyone has a chance . |
| 2 | There are too many to throw away all at once , so I take a handful out every day and hide them in someone 's garbage can . |
| 3 | There was no sign of the Transit , so I hung a right back the way I 'd come . |
| 4 | He has the look of a man whose cards are shot , so I try a finesse . |
| 5 | But you were n't there , so I left a message with your Miss Philimore . |
| 6 | I hate throwing my MKM away so I devised a way of condensing the information and patterns . |
| 7 | Had to break out so I kicked a hole in it , you see , but I 've cut my feet … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ The shops here are very good , but Dana is inclined to turn her nose up at anything outside London or Paris , so I imagine an hour could see her back at the flat . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ So I made a plan . |
| 10 | Mum meant it to be Israel , after her rabbinical father so I made a compromise later by labelling myself Israel Jack ) . |
| 11 | Valeri said he had found a tent and various items on the ridge , which they were attempting , so I made a list of them and he drew a sketch map of the location where the tent had been found . |
| 12 | Also , I was conscious that my little friend Suzi Hoflin is usually the only young one at these evenings , so I thought a couple of extra women nearer her own age would make her feel less conspicuous . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't use the station and it 's a hell of a journey by coach , so I took a cab up to Preston Park , waited around , and caught a London train from there . |
| 14 | The night was dark , so I took a lamp . |
| 15 | There was no chance of them spawning while the tyrant Fire continued his reign of terror so I took a chance and moved the five Fires to another community . |
| 16 | I was n't sure , but the voice had a familiar ring , so I took a chance . |
| 17 | ‘ I forgot to ask if you like garlic , but there was some in with the vegetables so I took a chance , ’ she said , adding the tomato purée to the pot with care . |
| 18 | ‘ Nobody south of Perth had heard of malt whisky in those days , ’ he said , ‘ so I took a bottle and six glasses into my final crit . |
| 19 | At the end of spawning I had over 20 eggs plastered to the sides of the aquarium , so I took a razor blade and carefully scraped them off and placed them in a margarine tub in their own aquarium water . |
| 20 | The tandem was forever breaking down and I wanted to fix it — so I took a course in cycle mechanics . |
| 21 | It started on a Friday night in November when I felt a bit odd , so I took a paracetamol and went to bed with a hot-water bottle . |
| 22 | There were mangoes on the table and flat bread and a dish of scrambled eggs , so I took a spoonful of egg and put it slowly down on the terrace , as I thought any human being would do . |
| 23 | I was told there was an acting scholarship going and I was broke so I took an audition and by a marvellous chance , won the scholarship . |
| 24 | The cabs were thinner on the ground now , so I kept a couple of cars between us . |
| 25 | There 's this blummin huge bridge so I stop a bit and look over the edge . |
| 26 | I prefer to kill rabbits the easy way whenever possible , so I position a purse net over the top of every bolt-hole and every entrance , subsequently making sure that every purse net that bags a rabbit is quickly removed and replaced with a fresh net . |
| 27 | ‘ So I got a kick out of his kisses , ’ she said aloud with a touch of defiance . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's right , ’ said Bruce , ‘ So I got a wife . |
| 29 | I had always enjoyed working in the commercial sector and was missing the action so I got a job in Singapore in March , 1992 and am working as a sales and marketing manger in an electrical engineering company . |
| 30 | CHRISTOPHER : Well to be quite honest , I did n't like it — so I got a place at the Art College . |