Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 So it was that eventually I found myself in a hospital in Swindon close to other victims of Larry Foot .
2 Would you rather I thrashed him within an inch of his life ?
3 Suddenly I found myself in a sack much larger than my body , but completely dark .
4 Apparently I met him at a conference on the economics of multiculturalism .
5 So foolishly I married someone from an impeccable diplomatic background who knew about servants , flower arranging and how to address the third wife of an African monarch . ’
6 Personally I had nothing but an overwhelming feeling of gratitude for whoever had made the attempt impossible .
7 The situation called for some drastic action and so I laid it on the line ; either they won this game or I would resign .
8 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 .
9 So I chucked it in the Tyne .
10 So I took them in the lorry .
11 So I took it to the British Museum , who identified it for me .
12 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 .
13 So I kissed her on the cheek .
14 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 .
15 So I brought her to the valley .
16 So I left it up a side street and got a taxi back to the studio where I was due to appear .
17 So I left it for a while , and I thought I will phone her and find out .
18 ‘ They were n't worth keeping so I swapped them for a couple of balloons . ’
19 So I told them about the C in Mister C. I said ‘ It 's C as in E equals MC 2 .
20 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 … .
21 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 .
22 So I wrote it along the top of the er paper I was using .
23 So I sprayed it with a fine spray and it 's kept very well , had n't it ?
24 ‘ They said his name was Simon so I punched it into the computer and went through the alphabet for burglars .
25 The Clwydian Hills , rising to the south and cloaked in cloud , looked wonderfully alluring : so I threw myself into the long climb with far more vigour than I might have done normally .
26 So I settled myself in a small tavern just down the street .
27 So I chipped it into a little space over the scrum , ran round , picked it up and went up the middle of the field .
28 So I invited them to the gig at St Martin 's .
29 so I paid it in the November , the second of December they announce me redundancy do n't they ?
30 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 .
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