Example sentences of "so i [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The birds had told me Diggs had left a few minutes earlier , so I ran back the quick way to the house , where the lights all burned as usual . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But I was anxious to see Mr Rochester , who had been away on business , so I ran out of the quiet house to meet him on the road . |
| 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 | When I went to the bus I realised I only had one bag instead of two so I rushed back but no-one had seen the bag in the pub or the shops . |
| 6 | ‘ So I eased up … and perhaps I eased up too much . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ No — so I brought in experts to handle the work . |
| 8 | My diary records such incidents as , ‘ Had to eat another roll at breakfast , much to my disgust ’ , or ‘ M. insisted that I eat another piece of toast , so I walked out in disgust . ’ |
| 9 | It looked like some sort of military place , so I walked in . ’ |
| 10 | Nor were we provided with lunch , so I walked down into Walham Green , past pleasant little gardens full of the colour of autumn . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought it was worth a try , so I drove up here , booked myself in at a hotel down the road . |
| 12 | I 'd phoned my father in the evening , and he did n't sound too well , so I drove down to see how he was . ’ |
| 13 | But it made sense at least to stretch my cramped legs , so I strolled down to the edge of the lake and lit a cigarette . |
| 14 | The Sierra had parked about a third of the way down the street , so I went on past the junction and ran Armstrong up on to the pavement . |
| 15 | ‘ So I went up to him . |
| 16 | I thought he must have gone a bit ga-ga but there was no harm so I went up to my room and did my hair a bit . |
| 17 | There was no answer to my knock so I went round to the side door facing the canal . |
| 18 | It was groceries , peas , baked beans and things , so I went round to somebody 's house and asked if she 'd like to buy the Weetabix because I wanted the money for a pie . |
| 19 | I was in a bad way at that time , I felt really depressed , so I went round causing criminal damage . |
| 20 | He gave me her phone number so I went around , but did n't have the same experience . |
| 21 | I could n't make friends so I went around by myself , did things by myself . |
| 22 | There was only a bit of spare paper left and some of it had got streaks of cheese-grease on , so I went over to the newsagent 's stall and bought an exercise book for 35p . |
| 23 | ‘ It was made in his atelier so I went over for the fittings and in those years I was very sure of myself . |
| 24 | I left it a while but they did n't break up , so I went over to see what was going on . |
| 25 | ’ So I went down to the canal . |
| 26 | It seemed as good a time as any to go , so I went down to the squat in the King 's Road where I was living and picked up my passport . |
| 27 | ‘ So I went out . ’ |
| 28 | It went on and on until I was nearly frantic , so I went out for the evening several times in one week to release the tension . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , she said he needs some new pyjamas — his old ones are so worn through they 're hardly decent — so I went out and bought him a pair . ’ |
| 30 | I thought it was n't worth just sitting around waiting for something to happen and I had already arranged to go to my friend 's house so I went out . |