Example sentences of "[noun sg] and i [verb] [adv] i " in BNC.

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1 And er so I said she dissolved into fits of laughter so after that she explained it by saying well I used to be a trainer and I know how I got to avoid the stock phrases .
2 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 .
3 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
4 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
5 I lost one , er a good towel and I thought well I 've had that I bet it 's over Larry 's
6 Yeah I put it in me pocket last night and I thought right I 'll give her her two P and I bet your life she says what about other one .
7 And then later on , oh and then she was going to see room bookings and try to find me another dining hall cos I said it 's pretty late notice , and she said oh no , it 's a week and I thought well I had booked it two months ago .
8 I say to daddy , when I got the money mate and I 've now I 'm now putting ten pound a week for fat Harry .
9 I did n't know whether I 'd put in the right number and I thought well I 'll , I wo n't let anyone answer it , I 'll just re-dial .
10 I wondered where you 'd got , we did ring one night couple of weeks ago but we did n't get an answer and I said well I did n't know whether you 'd perhaps popped up the club .
11 Er , because of them , I have a sense of purpose and I know where I 'm going .
12 Well I got a couple and I thought well I 'll wait till I go out to Tregole now , they 're probably cheaper there than anywhere
13 I was n't always a successful businessman and I remember where I come from . ’
14 You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry .
15 So you put your ten one pound coins on the table and I say well I 'm going to add minus eight pounds to it tonight , help yourself to eight pounds , .
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