Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And I wanted to be doing something so I went I went back to nursing .
2 Right , so I went I went .
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 so I said I thank you
5 So I said I said we 'll get ten pound each .
6 He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way .
7 So I said I 'd better make sure she 's in , so Sharan knocks on the door , no answer .
8 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 .
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 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
11 So I said I fell down a flight of stairs .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 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
15 So I said I think
16 So I said to her she said would you like to go to the Regal so I said I do n't mind .
17 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 ?
18 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 !
19 Now that is the accepted way of doing it , and I can not see any reason why that can not be done , erm in Greater York , once the location for the new settlement is erm er is identified , erm so that 's my definition of erm integrated and balanced community , it 's a concept , you ca n't define , I do n't think , integrated and balanced separately , you need to bind them together er into into some erm er or all er erm concept , erm now the erm the question you did pose me , sir , which er I did take a note of , but I wonder if you 'd be kind enough to repeat it so I 've I 've a I 've a got it quite clear before I respond .
20 So I hope I 've not complicated that I I always find it 's helpful to say this about this speaker this because no other speaker no speaker is here with a .
21 So I determined I got to have a go .
22 So I says I tell you what I 'll do , I 'll take you only he can drive it .
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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