Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The situation called for some drastic action and so I laid it on the line ; either they won this game or I would resign . |
| 2 | I 'd forgotten to fetch something to put my hair up with , and so I brushed it into a ponytail and held it in place with a pair of knickers from the airing cupboard , which I twisted round and used like a scrunchie . |
| 3 | So I chucked it in the Tyne . |
| 4 | So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me . |
| 5 | So I left it up a side street and got a taxi back to the studio where I was due to appear . |
| 6 | So I left it for a while , and I thought I will phone her and find out . |
| 7 | So I wrote it along the top of the er paper I was using . |
| 8 | So I sprayed it with a fine spray and it 's kept very well , had n't it ? |
| 9 | ‘ They said his name was Simon so I punched it into the computer and went through the alphabet for burglars . |
| 10 | So I chipped it into a little space over the scrum , ran round , picked it up and went up the middle of the field . |
| 11 | so I paid it in the November , the second of December they announce me redundancy do n't they ? |
| 12 | So I moved it to the other side of the step . |
| 13 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
| 14 | At first I was humiliated to tears ; later I became hardened ; later still I accepted it as a fact and did not even try to deny it . |
| 15 | Well I stuck it for a long time , Di went to sleep and I got out and I had a look and I , the only thing that I could see , and it was two o'clock , half past two this morning , er the er the one side of the big house over there was full of lights , they had all the lights on and there were two cars outside with their lights on . |
| 16 | Well I saw it in the last time it was in here on Central and it was n't , it did n't come on ! |
| 17 | Well I sent it to the B B C , I sent it to Duncan but I also sent it to the the Lady a shorter version to the Lady their competition and I said their competition was gon na be on the eighteenth in their issue they would give the names of the of the winners , but I had looked in the Lady yesterday in Smiths and there was none of nothing about it , but I do n't think I 've won anyway because it said you 'd be notified by post so . |
| 18 | Well I did it on the way . |
| 19 | When I first wrote ‘ you ’ a paragraph or so ago I meant it in the general , anonymous sense , universal second person . |
| 20 | Then I rode it in a in an old Burberry and I do n't how I started it , I think it was kick start . |
| 21 | ‘ Then I sold it for a Telecaster , which I hated , because the Tele did n't have any knobs ; it was a real simple guitar and I did n't like it , so I bought a Les Paul and I loved it . |
| 22 | ‘ So I just went a-front there with my milk and vinegar ; rubbed it in my palm and fingers ; and then I rubbed it inside the horses ’ nose and then round their nostrils . |
| 23 | I 've got it back two or three times and then I failed it in the end . |
| 24 | Then I tried it on the pasture , but that was a bit rough , so I thought I would ride it down the new road through the iron gate leading out of my land . |
| 25 | ‘ I started a similar scheme in Wellington , but then I did it at the same hour on the same day every week . |
| 26 | Yes , that 's how I perceived it at the time , but I was wrong . |
| 27 | But somehow Sampras did reach it and Forget managed to make sure with his second volley and said later ‘ … but I 'm not quite sure how I did it with the wrong grip ’ . |
| 28 | No , I du n no why I said it at the dinner table yesterday really that was silly of me really . |
| 29 | Well that 's why I did it in the morning Jean . |
| 30 | I 'm explaining why I wanted it on a regular arrangement so that I would n't have to be annoying you when you 're … well , when you 've had a drink I suppose . ’ |