Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would you rather I thrashed him within an inch of his life ? |
| 2 | Apparently I met him at a conference on the economics of multiculturalism . |
| 3 | The situation called for some drastic action and so I laid it on the line ; either they won this game or I would resign . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So I chucked it in the Tyne . |
| 6 | So I took them in the lorry . |
| 7 | So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me . |
| 8 | So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath . |
| 9 | So I kissed her on the cheek . |
| 10 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 11 | So I brought her to the valley . |
| 12 | So I left it up a side street and got a taxi back to the studio where I was due to appear . |
| 13 | So I left it for a while , and I thought I will phone her and find out . |
| 14 | ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’ |
| 15 | So I told them about the C in Mister C. I said ‘ It 's C as in E equals MC 2 . |
| 16 | So anyway , before I heard that I 'd got an appointment at the Clinic , I got caught for one burglary and so I told them about the rest , 'cos I wanted to get off it an ’ I knew that was the only way of getting off it and I thought , now I 've been caught , I might as well get meself stuck down for a bit , like , rather than get a big fine which I wouldn'a been able to handle at that time … . |
| 17 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 18 | So I wrote it along the top of the er paper I was using . |
| 19 | So I sprayed it with a fine spray and it 's kept very well , had n't it ? |
| 20 | ‘ They said his name was Simon so I punched it into the computer and went through the alphabet for burglars . |
| 21 | So I chipped it into a little space over the scrum , ran round , picked it up and went up the middle of the field . |
| 22 | So I invited them to the gig at St Martin 's . |
| 23 | so I paid it in the November , the second of December they announce me redundancy do n't they ? |
| 24 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 25 | So I moved it to the other side of the step . |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I remember once I took you by the shoulders and said , ‘ Listen , love , I 'm talking to you about your mother . ’ |
| 29 | A few weeks later I met him in a wild part of Laggan . |
| 30 | Later I heard him in the bathroom . ’ |