Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Nothing much was doing , though , and eventually I went home for a bite to eat and a well-deserved kip .
2 He also gave me whole tins of peaches in syrup ; I ate so many that eventually I broke out in a painful rash .
3 Eventually I threw up into a litter bin attached to a crowded bus shelter on St George 's Road .
4 Perhaps I fell out of a plane , ’ she said despondently .
5 So I came in with an American-made guitar ( the T-60 ) in a case that retailed for 350 dollars at a time when a Les Paul was 1,000 dollars and a Stratocaster over 800 .
6 So I came in with an American-made guitar ( the T-60 ) in a case that retailed for 350 dollars at a time when a Les Paul was 1,000 dollars and a Stratocaster over 800 .
7 So I went up into a tree and I stayed there all night .
8 So I went in for a scholarship with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts .
9 so I got together with a couple of blokes from school ‘ Hold Your Head Up ’ by Argent was in the charts at the time We 'd play that again and again and again It was the only bass line I could play properly — because it 's so simple , it 's exactly the same all the way through .
10 So I stood around like a fool for twenty minutes .
11 So I sat down on a chair that stood by the counter and looked around the shop while waiting for Mary to emerge from behind the colourful painted screen where she was trying things on .
12 So I climbed aboard with a flashlight , trying to find a rope .
13 Jackets made goal-posts , and : ‘ If you went down you got up with a lump of a cinder in your knee . ’
14 So she grinned vaguely in a way that could have meant yes or could have meant no .
15 So she worked almost as a nurse ?
16 So you come home to a nice warm , brightly lit home with plenty of piping hot water to soak-away the dust of travel .
17 So you end up with a particle if you look at that it 's particles about two or three mills square .
18 but er if you put it in together you come up with a more realistic erm assessment .
19 Lower down we emerged on to a more open country of grass-covered hills , with delphiniums gladioli and other flowers growing along the banks of the many streams .
20 So we set off for a last look round .
21 Lots of friends were at collieries because they were colliers 's sons anyway tt and er so we went down about a job .
22 I , I said I was sp you were speaking to an expert er so we went off at a blind tangent .
23 erm The response has been for that authority then to groin its bit of beach , and so we end up with a situation today where along the Sussex coast practically the whole of the coast is groined , except for the areas which are backed by high cliffs , erm where we have the sorts of rates of erosion that I mentioned .
24 I wanted the pupils to understand the idea of a square metre and so we began practically as a class with blank metre sticks on the floor to represent the fences .
25 ‘ Once we realised the implications of the Cattle Identification Documents ( CIDS ) necessary to hold the administration of a two-stage payment together we looked hard at a slaughter premium , ’ explained Mr Cowan .
26 So they looked forward to a boat coming in ?
27 So they sat down on a big , flat , comfortable stone in the grass .
28 Together they add up to a ‘ magical ’ mix of people and products to give you , the architectural specifier , extra confidence — extra choice .
29 Together they worked hard on a sheep station .
30 Suddenly he drifts off into a momentary reverie , gradually descending back to earth .
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