Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Last year I won the Julie Rose 10K in a time which was within 10 seconds of my track best for the season , which is indicative of how badly I ran on the track .
2 As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life .
3 But I knew I had to look , so slowly I peeped round the door .
4 Yeah , right I went in the playground .
5 Eventually I got onto the runway and found my wife .
6 Instinctively I looked around the corridor to try and spot the lurking animal activist .
7 Delicately I reached for the telephone .
8 Later on I worked on the twilight shift in a components factory and as our kids grew up people moved out and others moved in .
9 Suddenly I awoke to the fact that I was staring at a tree on the other side of the road and that this tree was green and delicate .
10 No , er , I , apparently I saw on the Teletext last night
11 Naturally I jumped at the chance . ’
12 When we began to slow down I knocked on the door .
13 After the phone went down I sat in the garden like a very old terracotta gargoyle .
14 Apparently someone recorded over the station security video by mistake , the gaunt woman who runs the kiosk is not prepared to testify .
15 So deeper and deeper I went into the world of science , wanting all the time to express myself in a totally different field .
16 So I came to the dinner for 20 minutes and sat with the sponsors .
17 So I went across the street , phoned Peter and said , ‘ Okay , if you still want me , I 'll join . ’
18 So I went to the council and they offered me h re or a boarding house .
19 So I went to the council , I did n't know anything about social security , even that there was such a thing , so I was given benefit and a hostel to stay in at Elephant and Castle .
20 erm she said send her send her a mail something like that yeah so I went to the ticket desk , it was locked up and they 'd just come walking back and I thought ah I hope she 's not been waiting around .
21 So I went to the birth control clinic on , either Street or Street it was , I ca n't remember which .
22 So I went to the mainland to report it , and we have been in touch with the lawyers , the gunsmiths , and the salerooms .
23 So I went to the ravey last night , right , I went down there with Bedlam yeah and I was doing a rave with Bedlam right and he came up to me and he goes so what are your musical tastes then ?
24 I said so I 've been to a local firm and he said well if you 'd wanted a job we could 've found you one , so I went to the Co-op and I went in the credit , working in the Co-op credit and er went from there to .
25 So I went into the army .
26 I I had er a return ticket from York to Gloucester and I was fortunate enough to get a lift back so I went into the station to ask if I could get a refund on the other half of the return and they said Sure you owe us four pounds .
27 So I went into the studio and , as it turned out , I ended up doing the whole album .
28 So I went into the doctor 's surgery and I said to him , I said : ‘ Look , I apologise .
29 So I went round the scrap yard
30 So I went round the back to the studio and looked through one of the windows .
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