Then arose the question of where we were to get the necessary machinery.

I was told to go not by boat but by plane, which advice I followed.

Ellen was so tired that she went to bed early.

The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.

He thought she spoke reasonably, so he accepted her suggestion.

When Spain colonized the Philippines, they were administrated by Mexico City. So it was Mexican Spanish, not Castilian Spanish, that influenced Tagalog.