Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1941 I was trained as a Navigator/Radio in the RAF and was eventually sent to an OTU where I crewed up with a Canadian pilot , Bob Tidy of Toronto . |
| 2 | I developed a pretty good ear , although I started out as a complete idiot . |
| 3 | And although I move on in the final chapter to consider some of the policy implications of the analysis , the main aim will be to clarify rather than prescribe . |
| 4 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 5 | I decide to play it safe , so I tackle up with a ¼oz bullet stopped only 1½ inches from the number 4 hook . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There was no answer to my knock so I went round to the side door facing the canal . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 13 | ’ So I went down to the canal . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ Killer blah , ’ he said in a strange tone of voice that I took to be a warning so I went back under the chair . |
| 17 | By early evening , I was just too bored to stick the place any longer so I went back to the hotel . |
| 18 | Their life was already hard enough , so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods . |
| 19 | They were still uncomfortable , so I went back into the optician . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | You also had to maintain things , so I came up with the figure of thirty-one . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I du n no what to do now so I go up to the big electric sign board and have a look at it . |
| 25 | I find some steps , so I go down into the park and have a wander round . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I du n no what to do , so I go back to the caff and have a look in the window . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | However , if anyone were misguided enough to give me authority , I would certainly misuse it , so I prayed along with the rest . |
| 30 | It was really too cold for the clothes I had brought , so I fell back on a recommended resource . |