Example sentences of "i thought well " in BNC.
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1 | And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes . |
2 | Well no , no I know but I thought well that does n't seem to well that 's better than what they had . |
3 | I found that love went out the window when it was sweaty socks and handkerchiefs and dirty nappies and all this in front of me and I thought well this is not romance this is bloody hard work . |
4 | up till the age of , about sixteen , after my birthday , the baby would have been a few weeks old , I thought well , if you 're under sixteen , do n't think about the Pill , they 're not going to give it to you . |
5 | And when I saw Bob 's name on there I thought well I know one face at least . |
6 | I did about twenty , because I thought well we do n't normally sort of adv scatter more than |
7 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
8 | Well my husband was out o on strike and I 'd erm got two babies , a year and ten months , and I felt that I had to go and get a job and I was desperate so I 'd heard people talking about these things as they did so I thought well I 've got to do something . |
9 | He says er er and he says me pal did n't come , he said , Well , I thought well I 've come here to do it , and I 'm going . |
10 | Warning us all about this , so well I thought well if they warn us , something must be good here , if they 're warning us that it 's bad you know . |
11 | And er I thought well I wo n't really , and I probably did n't like losing anyway you know I I I was never a good loser I do n't think , and I thought no I sha n't get many votes and I 'll look silly I 'm not putting in for it . |
12 | And so er I thought well I do n't know , you know , I do n't know |
13 | So I thought well I might as well do something , I know a little about . |
14 | And I thought well I I 'll do this with all summer flowers . |
15 | Cos I thought well , he 'll probably say , you know , half to you . |
16 | I , when I wrote it I thought well she 's inherited this from her family and |
17 | So er I thought well he , he was not a too good a rep because he , he could n't answer this question . |
18 | And I thought well well |
19 | As I same I 'm I 'm You know , to be a bother like , but I thought well I 'd be best to come up and see you I could have just have asked for an another prescription . |
20 | But I thought well , While I I 'll ma kill two birds with one stone , and I 'll er come |
21 | So I thought if I er But I was beginning to get a bit worried so I thought well I might as well go up because I shall start to worry and things get out of proportion with me you see ? |
22 | So I thought well that 's . |
23 | Yeah so I thought well . |
24 | ‘ Dave rang me , see , and he said there 'd been some blokes asking around about me and he did n't think they were coppers at all , and I thought well , that could be The Firm — |
25 | I thought well after ten years , I thought , well I want I still want to get on and erm so I heard of this job down at Cambridge Station as Assistant Manageress at the Refreshment Rooms , you see , and er it was n't quite the same because er at Ipswich , you see , although the Catering Manager 's office er my work was office work and typing you know general thing and er because he was away most of the day , most days , because of er er the ten stations er from stretching as I say from Chelmsford , Witham , Marks Tey , Colchester and er I think it was Clacton and er and Manningtree and er I think , I do n't know Manningtree and Ipswich of course and er then er Bury St Edmunds and , and that 's it and I am not sure whether you went to Newmarket or whether to Ca whether to Cambridge now Newmarket but er , you see , so the days went on and we worked every other Sunday and of course I know things were a lot cheaper then but you see the pay was n't , was n't very good . |
26 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
27 | Until I re and , well until my husband retired at sixty and I thought well if he 's going to retire at sixty , I might as well retire , you see . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | I , I think er erm when I first started down there , it was a job , I thought well this is a good job fifteen bob a week , that 's , that 's a lot more than some of the other boys who 'd left school got , they were twelve and six you see and erm , I think erm I came back out of the forces and took over more responsible jobs , I do n't think I could have gone to anything else but transport . |
30 | Well you know wha when I knew what she had to do , I thought well erm she had to walk on by herself to Annie . |