Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I work hard at dull , practical things , she thought , and so everyone thinks I must be mature and reliable and sensible ; but really it 's because I ca n't cope with the other things , the things that are frightening and dangerous . |
| 2 | And I wanted to be doing something so I went I went back to nursing . |
| 3 | Anyway so he goes is James there and I went yeah and he goes mm , so I went I think so , I 'd better go and get him had n't I |
| 4 | Right , so I went I went . |
| 5 | So I said I would teach it to him . |
| 6 | Tony Curtis was standing next to me so I said I was there to try and collect money from Mr Curtis . |
| 7 | So I said I fell down a flight of stairs . |
| 8 | So I said I did n't want to deal through somebody who was n't really gon na be fighting in our corner , and I 'd rather put a paper to their committee an and tell them where the problems were , and ask how they were gon na get round them . |
| 9 | So I said I went and lay in the in these bull rushes and I got half a brick , yes , he says , and I saw them coming and he says and I threw it and hit him this er blackleg with this half brick . |
| 10 | So I said I 'll look at it . |
| 11 | So I said I had to make a quick decision either I was going to go up me chain past his whatsit and into the roof , or else go thirty feet down and run right across the chamber into whichever er level they could go to . |
| 12 | ‘ But I wanted it all to be as it used to be so I said I 'd rather do it myself . ’ |
| 13 | So I said I was waiting for my sister , Mrs Webb . |
| 14 | cheerio in , in a proper way so I said I I 'd go back , I did n't tell but I I , I will go back . |
| 15 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
| 16 | all them eggs you know , when we went to Alec , when they were selling these trays of eggs , er , we went there with Alec , so I said I 'll have one like , and they were really fresh , but when I got home I got that thing of , from Kwiksave , I got the whole packet , big packet |
| 17 | So I said to her she said would you like to go to the Regal so I said I do n't mind . |
| 18 | So I said I said we 'll get ten pound each . |
| 19 | So I said I 'll have a couple of th they I said . |
| 20 | Yeah well Robert said why have we stopped so I said I think we 're looking because it 's a typical new house and daddy wants to see what typical new houses now offer . |
| 21 | Mind you I saw her two day 's ago and she looked absolutely fit as a fiddle so I said I think it strikes quickly and |
| 22 | So I said I was tired of waiting for the money for my things and she can collect it from the students and have it when it came . |
| 23 | Well she copes because she had the same problem as me with her hands if she 's writing for long , her hands ache , so she can write a longer letter if she types , so I said I , I did n't really , I like a hand written letter best it seems more personal somehow , perhaps they do , having a typed letter means you can send a longer one , they all mean |
| 24 | and he said ah no problem I can order it for you if you 'd like me to so I said I would and he said he 'd phone me when er |
| 25 | But that Sat Sunday when Hazel was here and I , and she did n't want to go so I said I 'd stay with her and cook the dinner when y when you came back you said it 's a good job you did n't come , it did n't finish till half past twelve and you came straight home and you were here about |
| 26 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
| 27 | And I said well I was told she was ill so I said I wo n't ring her up then but I was thinking of ringing you up but will you be alright hopefully for next Friday ? |
| 28 | So I said I 'd better make sure she 's in , so Sharan knocks on the door , no answer . |
| 29 | So I said I know what he 's like , comes back and he turns up he says we 're just off now , I said oh you 've come back then I thought you were a bit rude just storming out of the funeral and not saying cheerio to everyone , he said I 've been insulted long enough by your family , I would n't be , I was n't prepared to be insulted any more |
| 30 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |