Example sentences of "so i [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I was n't in a position to return the Parsons ' hospitality , I felt an obligation to provide conversational value for money , so I embarked on a series of anecdotes about my time abroad , some true , all exaggerated , a few plain invention . |
| 2 | I had already done a couple of jumpers for a largish lady , so I embarked on the back of the third . |
| 3 | The rotting wooden walkway looked too perilous to risk any injury so I continued on my way to the shed , now some seventy or eighty yards away . |
| 4 | When I took it off afterwards , my hair was a mess , so I put on a turban or tied in back with a band , which is what I do every day . |
| 5 | I was naked , so I put on sunglasses and a Led Zeppelin record and I did a little Zeppelin dance . ’ |
| 6 | I was warm and sleepy but my master kept haranguing me : compliance seemed the easiest way out so I put on my boots , grabbed my cloak and accompanied him down to the Templar chapel . |
| 7 | As the Wasp Junior is supercharged you do not just push the lever to the stop for fear of bursting it , so I relied on Tony to limit the movement of my left hand , revelling in the swelling thunder of the fifteen-litre engine and the surging acceleration as the nose reared under its power . |
| 8 | There were racetrack express buses , I found , going from the city to the Downs , so I went on one at about six o'clock and strolled around at ground level looking for some way of conveying to Bill Baudelaire the water samples which were now individually wrapped inside the nondescript plastic carrier . |
| 9 | There was no time to contact him , so I came on the off-chance . |
| 10 | One evening I visited her but found she was out , so I waited on her balcony , smoking a cigar . |
| 11 | Toshack was out of work at the time , so I passed on the offer . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm frightened of horses — but I was aware of all the rumours about me being ‘ difficult ’ to work with , so I got on the horse to avoid causing any problems . |
| 13 | Why should God bother with someone who chose deliberately to do something foolish ? ) , so I concentrated on every step , placing my feet carefully among the slippery clods and only enjoying the prospect and the blanket of stillness when pausing for breath . |
| 14 | Richard moved about in the bathroom ; the light hurt my eyes so I turned on my stomach and hid my face in the pillow . |
| 15 | I do n't drink and do n't go out much so I manage on the money . |
| 16 | Her nose was cold and she seemed to be perfectly well so I clipped on her lead and carried her outside . |
| 17 | In the torrid heat of the afternoon the village seemed deserted so I hammered on an iron gate . |
| 18 | There was sand everywhere between the knee-high crags , so I climbed on one of them for a better view . |
| 19 | Well , I 'm really wanting to go to Birkdale , so I jumps on the last train out of St Andrews . |
| 20 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |