Example sentences of "so i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I decide to play it safe , so I tackle up with a ¼oz bullet stopped only 1½ inches from the number 4 hook .
2 But I was anxious to see Mr Rochester , who had been away on business , so I ran out of the quiet house to meet him on the road .
3 But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail .
4 But it made sense at least to stretch my cramped legs , so I strolled down to the edge of the lake and lit a cigarette .
5 The Sierra had parked about a third of the way down the street , so I went on past the junction and ran Armstrong up on to the pavement .
6 There was no answer to my knock so I went round to the side door facing the canal .
7 There was only a bit of spare paper left and some of it had got streaks of cheese-grease on , so I went over to the newsagent 's stall and bought an exercise book for 35p .
8 ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself .
9 So I went down to the canal .
10 It seemed as good a time as any to go , so I went down to the squat in the King 's Road where I was living and picked up my passport .
11 It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension .
12 ‘ Killer blah , ’ he said in a strange tone of voice that I took to be a warning so I went back under the chair .
13 By early evening , I was just too bored to stick the place any longer so I went back to the hotel .
14 Their life was already hard enough , so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods .
15 They were still uncomfortable , so I went back into the optician .
16 I did n't want to leave the Maxteds behind because they had started out as my passengers , so I went back in a few minutes later to see if they were ready to leave .
17 It was then that I decided to help myself , so I went along to the local college and enrolled in what appeared to me to be ‘ a way to relax ’ — the Alexander Technique .
18 You also had to maintain things , so I came up with the figure of thirty-one .
19 The eyes of the Modigliani seemed to glare at me severely , so I sneaked out under the colonnade , where a minute later Conchis joined me .
20 I du n no what to do now so I go up to the big electric sign board and have a look at it .
21 I find some steps , so I go down into the park and have a wander round .
22 A steady pressure tries to pull my finger to the rod , so I go along with the movement for a few inches and then strike .
23 I du n no what to do , so I go back to the caff and have a look in the window .
24 There was n't much point in pressing the bell so I fooled around with a small bunch of keys I keep for occasions like this and finally felt the tumblers turn in the lock .
25 However , if anyone were misguided enough to give me authority , I would certainly misuse it , so I prayed along with the rest .
26 It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource .
27 About eighty villagers followed me inside , and waited expectantly … so I struck out for the hinterlands .
28 They are pulled away impatiently by Bill , so I sit back on the side lines .
29 There did n't seem to be anything interesting there , but I remembered the lesson of the day before , when I had stopped to sniff the air and everything had seemed fine , then ten minutes later I was wrestling with a kamikaze rabbit , so I trotted down off the side of the dune and down to the line of debris thrown up by the sea .
30 I looked round very carefully but could see nothing , so I turned back on the tail of the nearest Hun , who was chasing some Hurricanes in front of him .
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