Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all seemed to be down the after ballast compartment so I called down something like , " Come on lads , " I 've got my seizure , what about yours ? " |
| 2 | I always find I say to Kim you know I mean you have all these you know it 's like Shaun 's giving up he 's giving up his karate and his football and I said well you know I 'm sorry but she should n't have let him . |
| 3 | I was already enough of an expert to recognise it — people had begun to give me books about birds of prey , so the first time I heard this sorrowful sound I searched through my books until I found out what it was . |
| 4 | Well my brother was in the Artillery and I thought well it be nice if I can get with him but that did n't work out that way . |
| 5 | about sixty headsets and I thought well who are these people we 're getting , I think a lot of them were social workers , so that 's fair enough |
| 6 | Well they said what you having for tea and I said well we 'll have to have you can have a few beans or something |
| 7 | There was quite a crowd at the bank of the loch and I wondered why they were all there , whether they were genuinely concerned about you or perhaps that death had some awful attraction for them . |
| 8 | that they had n't but schools , particularly high schools and I said well we were very interested as part of the the programme here because it was community erm not geography , because she 's a geographer and she says the geography side of it 's fine she will use information that the children collect for her benefit , but she 'll also use us you know , to define the information but she |
| 9 | It was a great disappointment but I made up my mind there and then that it would be different next term . |
| 10 | I was delighted to be informed that I was one of the prize winners , but my delight turned to disappointment when I realised just what accepting the prize would involve . |
| 11 | It was always the same story so I said ter meself , ‘ Billy , ’ I said , ‘ yer wastin' yer time even bovverin' ter fink about it . |
| 12 | Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me . |
| 13 | Yes yes of co of course I was , but i could n't get hold of Dr and I thought well we 're gon na have to try it this way anyway at some stage . |
| 14 | When the bus pulled to a halt and I got off I was relieved because I had finished school and I had the weekend ahead of me so I could enjoy myself . |
| 15 | and it took me as long to put the dinners up and clean the shoes and I thought well he 's swimming , so I got his togs and put 'em in his bag and |
| 16 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 17 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 18 | I 've been looking after myself of course and I got together her lunch at sits , I sit all the time . |
| 19 | The chairman of the division and I discussed endlessly what our strategy should be . |
| 20 | and then last year we did Peter Pan and I said right I 'm leaving but she 's always wanted |
| 21 | I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in |
| 22 | Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened |
| 23 | I lost one , er a good towel and I thought well I 've had that I bet it 's over Larry 's |
| 24 | could n't tell you but er these cars turned up erm , there were n't no hearse and off they went and er course when I went up the garden to get some washing in Claire came up and er anyway she said er about Mr and I said well I assume it was him , I saw Mrs and she starts on about this dog barking out in the garden again ! |
| 25 | Well here are , one , two , three on the bounce and I thought well you know that 's a fairly good start , jack , queen , king king high was a bit dodgy you never know do you ? |
| 26 | Nowadays wanting to work on Saturdays and I said right I 've had enough Friday . |
| 27 | As I entered , a man came out of a side room and I knew immediately he must be Long John . |
| 28 | Yer was pretty as a picture an' I said ter meself straight away , ‘ Fred ’ , I ses , ‘ this 'ere little lady is gon na be good fer yer business . ’ |
| 29 | They were quite good days because I knew absolutely nothing about the music business , being at school , and he was my first boy friend who was n't upper class . |
| 30 | Well I have n't done anything at the moment because I did n't I did n't think it was worth it actually . |