Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 John 's told me to tell you to go and get it , right I said I said Richard coming , for four hundred pound I you 're not coming for it so that 's it oh you think it was pub machine or
2 and half of it is rubbish and decent rubbish and that 's rubbish there it is I knew it was in here somewhere I knew I thought it was in the Prima they gave it to you but obviously it was erm in Essentials everything out of there do n't think they had many Christmas You used to was it you , you see you can make your own , was it you that we went up to town that time and brought those erm from John Lewis the round
3 I looked around the coach , and suddenly I thought I understood the reason for the strange smell .
4 And I wanted to be doing something so I went I went back to nursing .
5 Right , so I went I went .
6 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
7 so I said I thank you
8 So I said I said we 'll get ten pound each .
9 He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way .
10 So I said I 'd better make sure she 's in , so Sharan knocks on the door , no answer .
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 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 .
13 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
14 So I said I fell down a flight of stairs .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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
18 So I said I think
19 So I said to her she said would you like to go to the Regal so I said I do n't mind .
20 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 ?
21 They 'd write a poem for her about my greatest fear , I said I remember last year there was a boy called Ali and he wrote a story about a poem about this bird and cos he was really scared of that and so I said I do n't suppose any of you will write about being scared of me except perhaps Adine !
22 So I determined I got to have a go .
23 So I thought I 'd had it .
24 That 's right , yeah , so I thought I 'd best get it
25 So I thought I 'd better get some petrol in case Mr Marius Steen did come up to town over the weekend .
26 So I thought I 'd lull you into a false sense of security by luring you here . ’
27 So I thought I 'd better deliver her back to her husband .
28 So I thought I 'd better bury the poor thing . ’
29 So I thought I 'd , so I thought oh I better shut the bloody window , cos if he gets through it , you know , he be , get into it !
30 So I thought I 'd better clear that little matter up , for starters , because you would be very interested .
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