Example sentences of "so i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A big grey house with a ‘ Guests ’ sign stood among trees , so I knocked at the door and asked how to find the holy well . |
| 2 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 3 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 4 | I had already done a couple of jumpers for a largish lady , so I embarked on the back of the third . |
| 5 | I could not see my mother sine she had got herself well hidden behind my father so I rushed to the house , through the open french windows , saw my wife sideways on to me gazing at a blank wall and screamed , " See what 's happening — our baby to be plastered over half of some alien landscape ! |
| 6 | I want to go through in chronological order , so I turn to the back of the stack and find the lowest deposit , the first record of the new Unit . |
| 7 | The pain did , in fact , return the next day , but this experience had given me hope so I persevered with the lessons and now I am free of the pain for at least 95 per cent of the time . |
| 8 | I turned right and walked up to a crossroads where two shops and a bar were open ; I could n't go in because I had no money , so I continued up the road . |
| 9 | The ferry for the outer isles was due to leave at six on the following morning , so I checked into the waterfront hotel where I had booked , then spent the day exploring Oban , and went to bed early . |
| 10 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 11 | There was an embarrassed smile as Leary said : ‘ Oh no , I heard he was there so I walked through the harbour and took a look at it . |
| 12 | I 've lifted it to my ear before my brain switches to caution , so I hold onto the handset without speaking . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't get A-levels , so I went into the Army , ’ explains the Old Etonian . |
| 14 | But he greeted me by swearing at me , so I went into the hall to find somebody else . |
| 15 | I felt really faint so I went to the pub at the end of the road where your office is — ca n't remember its name . |
| 16 | Poppy had managed to gather quite a collection of workmen 's boots , so I went to the pet shop and bought her some toys , which she loved playing with . |
| 17 | I did n't have any others so I went to the police station in stocking feet . |
| 18 | ‘ I could n't go , so I went to the second night . |
| 19 | I did n't find you at first , so I went to the bathroom . |
| 20 | I decided to go for the pills first , but after three months I was still in agony so I went for the laser operation . |
| 21 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 22 | There was no time to contact him , so I came on the off-chance . |
| 23 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 24 | There is no room for a chair , so I crouch between the willows and hook a plummet onto the size 18 hook . |
| 25 | Taff decided to do the first two and a half hours on the gun so I crawled to the back of the trench , curled up and immediately dropped off to sleep . |
| 26 | The King had invited me to enter it , so I stepped over the surrounding wall into the palace garden . |
| 27 | Then I noticed that Helen had n't much room by my side , so I stepped to the left to where the grating should have been and slid gracefully down into the cellar . |
| 28 | Okay , so I lied about the cuddly toy and the microwave , but I bet if ART could have got them into the Multiverb 's 1U , 19″ rack format they would have . |
| 29 | Toshack was out of work at the time , so I passed on the offer . |
| 30 | I get bored with watching them after a bit , so I go in the shop and have a look at their books . |