Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 2 | For me it begins to be noticeable at the railway station where I get off the train each evening , and becomes gradually stronger , like a magnetic field , as I walk up the hill . |
| 3 | Cawthorne had disappeared around the northern end of the farmhouse , so I ran back the way I had come , around the south end and climbed the fence back into the hop field . |
| 4 | It was too cold and windy to sit and wait , though , so I limped back the way I had come , embittered at having to walk unnecessarily . |
| 5 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |
| 6 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 7 | The lump is not ready to answer , so I turn up the pressure : ‘ He ai n't gon na say nothing . |
| 8 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 9 | Big men do n't cry so the saying goes , so I hold back the tears — but they 're there none the less . |
| 10 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 11 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 12 | I did n't offer an opinion on that since I did n't have any , so I took up the time admiring the surroundings . |
| 13 | He wanted someone to help him with his horses , so I took on the job . |
| 14 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 15 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 16 | Back in the bathroom , so I turns down the bed , and goes . ’ |
| 17 | I could really do with a bit of a sit down and summat to drink , so I go down the driveway into the station . |
| 18 | Then I remembered the location of a luxurious caravan a relative has near Perpignan , so I looked up the guide , and found that there are a number of crags nearby — even better . |
| 19 | There 's a woman just up the road so I hop off the wall and run after her . |
| 20 | I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess . |
| 21 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 22 | But here I was stuck back on the dole with a Fostex 250 , a guitar , a microphone and a drum machine , so I worked out a way of getting up to about eleven tracks on the Portastudio by constantly bouncing to and fro . |
| 23 | I hate Heathcliff too , but I could not agree to murder , so I called out a warning from the kitchen window . |
| 24 | I took off the yellow waistcoat with its white lining and hung it on a hanger , and I took off my shoes , but rather like George I still felt myself to be on duty , so I switched off the light and lay on top of the bedclothes watching the black Canadian land slide by , while the free northern show went on above for hours in the sky . |
| 25 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 26 | Once I found out the truth I would have sold it anyway . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd been getting records on tick from Billy for ages , ’ explains Havanna 's Tony Scott , ‘ so I said to him ‘ If I make up a record , would you square up the bill ? ’ |
| 28 | If I hold back the tears , the feeling becomes locked or blocked in my body . |
| 29 | Yes and there If I If I pull up a bit and back out there . |
| 30 | And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault . |