Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Ridging and patching were the first jobs that I tackled once it became apparent that I was neither going to find another job nor be content to remain a labourer .
2 I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in
3 bit here and I thought god that so I thought right I 'm gon na change places in that seat but your father 's sitting on , alright , I said go in that back seat , just behind us there were there or I said or I 'm just coming to sit where you are , I said I ca n't do four hours sitting like this , I mean I 'd have been boss eyed before I got , well I was I , I , all say look at that cloud
4 Sooner or later you will want to knit a pattern not in the book so I thought today we might explore some of the possibilities of the cards and reader .
5 ‘ Thomas seems to know him well , so I thought maybe he was a cousin of yours or something . ’
6 And I said , well I 'm gon na give him a ring after tea and then I , we said oh well pras , and Sue will be home tonight so I said well we had n't better ring them !
7 Once I got home I translated the idea into a pressed flower design .
8 Carrie said , ‘ I think , all the same , once I got there I 'd have told him . ’
9 were quite pale and I thought here we go it 's me next .
10 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 .
11 I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly .
12 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 .
13 and I thought well we 're a ha a healthy family I said you never know when you want help so I said but I 've got twenty p here , I 'll have one ticket he said well my dear that one ticket come out can come out !
14 Yeah , but I 've been taking out , cos we had a rogue living above us you see , and I thought well he 's one of these that 'll take owt if he can get it you see .
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 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 .
17 I kept kicking it the other day and I thought well it feels ever so light , I thought there was quite a few left .
18 I thought about you , about what time was it , about ten o'clock and I thought well it 's no good gasping for air , she 'll soon be able to have some yeah .
19 And I thought well it 's going to be awkward to get a piece of wood for that I mean knowing your dad with wood I know Anyhow I said er it 's just the right height for me
20 And I looked at them and I thought well it 's a lot of money to pay out , we 'll see what comes in .
21 And I thought well it 's clean
22 But , ca n't do that , and I thought well it does n't really matter .
23 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 .
24 And I thought well I I 'll do this with all summer flowers .
25 I had another good horse , and I thought well I 'll stick with that one , I think that one might stand a chance .
26 Like , when they all went off and I thought well I do n't see , why do n't they just stop it .
27 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 .
28 I had a look through and I thought well I want to go and
29 I was n't quite decent and I thought well I 'm not letting people in when I 'm not decent
30 So I 've we walk everywhere you see , and I thought well I 'm not
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