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Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	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 .
3	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 .
4	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 .
5	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 .
6	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 .
7	There was no answer to my knock so I went round to the side door facing the canal .
8	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 .
9	‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself .
10	’ So I went down to the canal .
11	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 .
12	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 .
13	‘ Killer blah , ’ he said in a strange tone of voice that I took to be a warning so I went back under the chair .
14	By early evening , I was just too bored to stick the place any longer so I went back to the hotel .
15	Their life was already hard enough , so I went back to the wild fruit in the woods .
16	They were still uncomfortable , so I went back into the optician .
17	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 .
18	You also had to maintain things , so I came up with the figure of thirty-one .
19	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 .
20	I du n no what to do now so I go up to the big electric sign board and have a look at it .
21	I find some steps , so I go down into the park and have a wander round .
22	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 .
23	I du n no what to do , so I go back to the caff and have a look in the window .
24	However , if anyone were misguided enough to give me authority , I would certainly misuse it , so I prayed along with the rest .
25	About eighty villagers followed me inside , and waited expectantly … so I struck out for the hinterlands .
26	They are pulled away impatiently by Bill , so I sit back on the side lines .
27	There did n't seem to be anything interesting there , but I remembered the lesson of the day before , when I had stopped to sniff the air and everything had seemed fine , then ten minutes later I was wrestling with a kamikaze rabbit , so I trotted down off the side of the dune and down to the line of debris thrown up by the sea .
28	I looked round very carefully but could see nothing , so I turned back on the tail of the nearest Hun , who was chasing some Hurricanes in front of him .
29	I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines .
30	back home , so I carry on down the road .