Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] i went [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I was given the job of going to fetch the agent , but Dad offered to go and so I went with him .
2 But a friend is a friend , and so I went at once to his house .
3 And so I went to sea for the second time .
4 The woman at the villa , Barbara Coleman , would n't tell me where it was and so I went to Durance and he was equally determined about it .
5 you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city .
6 When I first went to work , I went and joined the union , there was n't one in the factory I was working in and so I went to the nearest er trade union office and joined .
7 So deeper and deeper I went into the world of science , wanting all the time to express myself in a totally different field .
8 Time after time I stumbled over some hummock of tough grass , and once I went into a creek up to my shoulders .
9 So I carried it carefully like this , arm round the waist you see and off I went up the road for about forty fifty yards and put one in .
10 Anyway , I was told to accompany David on the Express if I could get a visa and off I went to Washington DC to apply for one and they told me absolutely not — I could n't have one — go away .
11 Well I said I think I 'll go to the theatre and off I went to the theatre .
12 That was when I was about fourteen and then I went through a stage of listening to Al Di Meola , people like that , just trying to be a better guitarist .
13 When I was in Ulm , where the season ran only from September to April , I was able to travel a great deal ; and then I went to Milan to hear real Italian singing .
14 ‘ I left in 1940 to join the RAF , which I stayed with until November 1945 , and then I went to Hacker Rubens & Co which has now become Hacker Young . ’
15 I was only there for about three months and then I went to a modelling school .
16 For example , today , I had practice from 8am until 10am and then I went to school and had two lessons .
17 And then I went to Los Angeles , and I spent Thanksgiving on Malibu Beach , and there was a picture window — he stared around him at the shoebox room and rejected it — ‘ let's not exaggerate , but it would stretch from here to the lift .
18 And then I went to Hereford for six months and I did er six months of medicine , and that was a long way from home in Essex and er we all sort of er mucked in and er made our own entertainment and cooked for each other and that erm was quite a good time .
19 ‘ I was there at Rendlesham Hall just over two years ; and then I went to Viscount Harcourt at Newnham Park , Oxfordshire .
20 ‘ I took one look at that memento , and then I went to my room and packed my suitcase .
21 I started painting and then I went to be rivet hotter .
22 Then we moved to the and then I went to Road School , which I finished my time there , fourteen .
23 The first time was when she called to order the piece , and then I went to Bracken Cottage to measure — ’
24 And then I went to British Legion to have a drink .
25 ‘ I watched the television for a bit , ’ said Brown shuffling uneasily in his chair , ‘ and then I went to bed . ’
26 No tomorrow , I went into town and then I went to Emma 's
27 Oh yeah , yes , when I went , when I went to a , when I was in India I went to have a , cos I went , I went , I was in the singles section then , in Colchester , and I went out , and I went , not I went to a licence agent first , and then I went to the headquarters , Signals there , and the bloke I remembered best of all , I think , was oh Cakey , his name was and his initials were Cakey .
28 And then I went to bed and this morning woke up later .
29 and then I went on the railway .
30 ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’
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