Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It became clear from talking to parents that I had to see how what they said actually hooked up with their experience , the fine detail of it , and not to assume that I knew exactly what kind of lived experience lay behind a familiar form of words . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I says probably Monday so I thought well I give it time any way in case you get in |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Thomas seems to know him well , so I thought maybe he was a cousin of yours or something . ’ |
| 7 | 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 ! |
| 8 | It was always the same story so I said ter meself , ‘ Billy , ’ I said , ‘ yer wastin' yer time even bovverin' ter fink about it . |
| 9 | Once I got home I translated the idea into a pressed flower design . |
| 10 | Carrie said , ‘ I think , all the same , once I got there I 'd have told him . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I married for money , and I got just what I wanted . |
| 12 | I 've been looking after myself of course and I got together her lunch at sits , I sit all the time . |
| 13 | But one must be suitably dressed for a country visit and I had absolutely nothing fit to wear . |
| 14 | were quite pale and I thought here we go it 's me next . |
| 15 | But ha I remember I was on my test and I pulled round er it was very , very busy and there were two rows of cars and I pulled up and I thought right there 's a gap down there and I want to go straight on and all these others were turning le turning right so I squeezed down through the gap and then I thought right I 'm gon na be here a little while shall I put it in neutral , blow no I wo n't . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ! |
| 20 | got a flash and that in it but and I thought well her own pictures she takes Christmas |
| 21 | No just that he was you know , just a bit concerned that 's the logo thing and I thought well what does it look like ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I kept kicking it the other day and I thought well it feels ever so light , I thought there was quite a few left . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | And I looked at them and I thought well it 's a lot of money to pay out , we 'll see what comes in . |
| 29 | And I thought well it 's clean |
| 30 | But , ca n't do that , and I thought well it does n't really matter . |