Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [prep] course [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Of course he was released from hospital and he recovered and of course we we , he , we protested to the hunt and they had the audacity to off to offer him some fifty pounds compensation , which was a adding insult to injury .
2 She replied that of course she could trust me , but that this time she would like us to meet .
3 When you , when you look and you see how people survived and of course they delivered the that you , I mean like we had dripping and bread .
4 And then every year after that , they used to hold the one minute 's silence which the mill whistles went and of course you stood for a minute and then they went again and that was it over .
5 To the National Defence Council he asserted that of course there had never been any intention of abandoning the Right Bank .
6 Striped shirt tapped a gold pencil thoughtfully against his teeth and said that of course one had every respect for someone wishing to take such a stand and that in that case we must see what could be done with the portfolio as it was .
7 Frederica said obviously that the sky and the sea and the boats were uncannily like Van Gogh , and Hodgkiss said that of course they would never have seen them in this way before he saw them .
8 He said that of course he would , but what could he do ?
9 Lili said that of course I must , but I made the error of looking at my mother for approval , found none and saw only displeasure at my childish crudity .
10 A little crestfallen , Erika put her list away and dutifully said that of course she would be happy to do whatever Uncle Karl wished to do .
11 And he 's paying over the odds for this house , she said but of course he 's paying for the area , he 's moving up to Walford !
12 I think that generally they came in because they liked the style erm they , they , usually had er , in their minds what they wanted and because they go round and see all these fittings at night , I mean our shop used to be all the fittings were lit up at night so that you could have a look in , erm it 's very confusing I think when you , you 've got an awful lot of fittings in , in , in a shop and , and all of them lit , decide which one 's gon na to be the best for your house , but I think most of them already had ideas what , what sort of fitting they wanted and of course we used to do a great deal of
13 Well I was having an affair with his wife and I loved her so much I wanted to marry her , I wanted his land and his money , so I thought if he was out of the way it would be easier to get what I wanted and of course it was .
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