Example sentences of "[adv] i [vb past] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened the desk and slowly I took out the box and opened it . |
| 2 | So I came out the pit and went into Cripps and bought a lorry . |
| 3 | So I kept up the act , I opened the door and said his name in a quiet voice and hobbled weakly across the cellar and up the steps . |
| 4 | So I thought where the hell 's it going . |
| 5 | So I made up the rest and everyone liked it . |
| 6 | So I got out the car and I went over and I , turned it down , as it were turning down I saw it was n't pouring just out the tap , it was also pouring from the |
| 7 | So I felt down the bed . |
| 8 | So I looked out the window and I see and they 've all got these big bells round their neck . |
| 9 | So I pedalled up the Via San Pietro . |
| 10 | so I rang up the place and said I would like to go are you having another ? |
| 11 | So I phoned up the Stanstead P R O the next morning and said ‘ confirm that the Queen is coming to open the airport ? ’ and he said , ‘ Well , we do n't know , we have n't a clue who 's coming to open the airport , yet . |
| 12 | So I gave up the production of all but ‘ Leicester Square to Broadway ’ and began to wonder if I would not be happier producing shows for the BBC in London or in another country — perhaps China . |
| 13 | So I wrapped up the conversation as rudely as someone on Newsnight trying to silence a politician , just as he dealt me a social body blow . |
| 14 | So I picked up the thing with an empty bottle and put it in the , on the kitchen . |
| 15 | I I have n't contacted only from what who er Granville said so I picked up the communion the straight away and then I could n't and she 's coming on the or that Sunday the first |
| 16 | So I switched off the PCW , ignored it for a week , played pool and drank frequent large tomato juices . |
| 17 | And finally I asked where the object was . |
| 18 | We looked at him , then at each other and finally I got out the lip salve and said ‘ OK , it 's showtime ! ’ and Kim said : ‘ Whatever do you mean ? ’ |
| 19 | When I got home I picked up the threads of my ordinary life again very quickly — you might say I snatched them up , and plunged into a round of work and social life deliberately intended to give me as few idle moments as possible . |
| 20 | After giving your letter to my ‘ bonne ’ yesterday I gave up the fight and retired in good order to bed , where I am still . |
| 21 | So now I knew how the Sorley/Cawthorne private intelligence line worked , and I was willing to bet that there was another Fax machine at Pegasus Farm currently on ‘ receive ’ . |
| 22 | If by one careless word now I backed up the rumours Aline was bound to be spreading at night , by tomorrow morning Tom Lofthouse , a chatty lad , would have it all round the Doctors ' House . |
| 23 | Today I took on the world No 1 , and that 's not easy , and beat him from the back of the court . |
| 24 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 25 | Day 18 ) Years ago I went down the Canyon with the World 's Greatest Rafter . |
| 26 | Fortunately I brought up the poison ; but I still carry the effects of it . |
| 27 | Then I filled up the brandy bottle with what I thought was water from a big brown bottle . |
| 28 | At first I played the bodhran drum [ he pronounced it ‘ bowran ’ ] and then I took up the guitar . |
| 29 | Then I took up the painting and carried it back here and I signed it . ’ |
| 30 | Then I switched off the music centre and strolled over to the window to take a last look at the night outside . |