Example sentences of "[conj] then they said " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a way , it 's ended up being a good test to measure potentially good relationships against bad ones , because say I went out with someone and at a party they said , ‘ Sit on me lap , darling ’ , and then they said , ‘ Oh God , you 've only got one leg ’ — well , I 'd know they would n't be worth going out with ! |
| 2 | I ca n't make the machine go any bloody quicker , well I can , but I so what 's the point in that come and have a look at it and then they said come back and do it when you on the skin , you know the skin bring it forward well it do n't go back , it just gets all tangled . |
| 3 | He 's got a musical test which says do n't they 're tired they 're tired and then he said the pig says I 'm not and then the people said Oh dear and then he said I 'm hungry and then they said they 're hungry and he says I 'm not and he 's sleepy . |
| 4 | And they said Bowater and I said well I have never heard of you and then they said have you heard of the paper ? |
| 5 | and you know and then they said the same thing to her they said come back next weekend and we 'll sort it out . |
| 6 | But then they said this Casey was a cop . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 8 | but then they said work , they wo n't let them , the money that they 've got on council houses , they wo n't let them spend it you see that ? |
| 9 | Er , for some purposes er other groups are excepted as as part of the Romany , for all the purposes they 're not , but then they said , it depends if it serves their interest to say we 're the true gypsies and they 're not |