Example sentences of "then [pron] say [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Then I said to them , " Its a pity you could n't find me foster parents " , and the social worker said , " What a brilliant idea ! "
2 well she dad , she , he , dad , she , Bob was talking to dad and then I said to him can I let Pam have , cos I did n't want her going into Lynn and buying you them basket of
3 Cash er cheque or credit card and then I said to you that 's really some it 's really a special market that , Leisure Line .
4 Then I says to her eh up duck !
5 Yeah , yeah it 's not compatible or summat er it 's compatible with his telly when he has n't got the Sky on and if he 's got the Sky on he 's got to mess about I sat watching him for days messing with it and then I says to him have you got it on your V U channel ?
6 Yeah , but I tell you what about then I says to him I went to him and says erm about the stamp thirty one hundred , he says erm
7 You see I never believe in smoke without fire , and when our man is nicked on a spying charge then I say to myself that somebody got at him , somebody asked a favour of him , somebody got round him .
8 And then I say to myself oh come on , oh do n't say when I was your age I wanted did nearly or whatever .
9 Then she says to her , in this lovely , trilling little voice : ‘ For fuck 's sake , Immaculata , will you run ! ’
10 Then she said to me : ‘ Miss Burnett , I believe you write ?
11 Then she said to me , quietly so as not to disturb the talk , ‘ We shall eat mutton tonight — or Lord Byron and Polidori will , for Percy and I avoid meat .
12 she said oh yes you will , then she said to me I 'm sorry to tell you you did n't make , she said you made exc , but she said I do n't want you to feel erm disgruntled she said because er , you done a fabulous interview , the only thing that let you down was of lack of experience , so I said well you 're never gon na get any cos you , nobody let's you in , they do n't open the door
13 And then she said to me Mrs gives us erm sometimes an extra ten pound , she gets a Y T S allowance
14 And then she said to me , and then , when I was going , she went to me , would you like to come on holiday , I went , then she went , because of me and mum and dad , we went another day to holiday , we went to beach , and er , mum said , that , yeah , mum said that she was saying , erm , to her , why , why is it not , what was it she said , about the weather , mum was moaning saying it was cold , and she went why , why are n't we go on holiday , mum , and mum said we ca n't , we ca n't afford to go on holiday , and she ah , why do n't we go to seaside when it 's cold .
15 And er she got it away eventually bathing it and talking to the little girl and then she said to her now I want you to come here every day she said so I can I see to that for you .
16 Kate remembered all that , and then she said to herself that she had been meant to remember it .
17 And then she said about her erm Y T S , oh I have n't got my bus money back yet I only get an allowance !
18 I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God .
19 Oh mostly that really , supposedly going to America in February the sixth and the doctor , she said to the doctor what 's the matter and he said you 're really , really run down then he said to her what I suggest you do is to go and buy some cartons of fresh orange juice , a jar of honey and some natural live yoghurt and she 's ate it all , now she 's got diarrhoea ca n't win can ya ?
20 Then he said to me in English , ‘ I have written answers to the two questions you sent me , ’ and opened the file .
21 Then he said to me , ‘ John Openshaw is in real danger .
22 And then he said to me : ‘ Push off , Abu !
23 and then , then he said to me
24 So he ate his tea later and then he said to me I 'm not gon na hit him any more .
25 and then he said to me how , how do you feel about your baby now ?
26 So then he said to me how would you I said so he went yes , I said and and he said and how would you put it back , I said
27 Aye Then he said to me
28 my daddy goes erm where will you be so I can in touch with you by phone laughing cos they were shouting at me and then he said to me and then I told him it was n't and he goes so why do you go
29 So he got Times Roman headlines in , very simple layout , and he did some caps bold , and then he said to me he had done all the headlines ragged and I said you just missed one thing — centre the heads .
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