Example sentences of "so [pron] [verb] i [vb past] " 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 | So I said I said we 'll get ten pound each . |
4 | He said he was a collector of antiques so I said I 'd better keep out of the way . |
5 | So I said I 'd better make sure she 's in , so Sharan knocks on the door , no answer . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | So I said I fell down a flight of stairs . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | So I determined I got to have a go . |
11 | So I thought I 'd had it . |
12 | That 's right , yeah , so I thought I 'd best get it |
13 | So I thought I 'd better get some petrol in case Mr Marius Steen did come up to town over the weekend . |
14 | So I thought I 'd lull you into a false sense of security by luring you here . ’ |
15 | So I thought I 'd better deliver her back to her husband . |
16 | So I thought I 'd better bury the poor thing . ’ |
17 | 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 ! |
18 | So I thought I 'd better clear that little matter up , for starters , because you would be very interested . |
19 | So I got I got Friday to pay and that 's ten months . |
20 | So I knew I had to avoid that . |
21 | So I wished I 'd done it all in the first place , now I 've got to do it . |
22 | I do n't think so I mean I left it all last night and everything seemed er amicable and er I have n't heard anything to the contrary today . |
23 | so I mean I 'd been dying for this pint all , all day sort of thing , I felt much better after that . |
24 | Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything . |
25 | And so I mean I said it quite and I said no , well they have n't come and ask me . |
26 | I mean , Mike was like , you gon na stay down and I was , I have n't seen anybody at college all week , so I think I 'd better go back , actually . |
27 | So I think I made this point before that the people who are right at the top of politics are the ones who are very good at flattery , duplicity , manipulation and so on and these , are these really the qualities we want in our government ? |
28 | Big tooth this was so I think I left an extra five p |
29 | So I supposed I 'd better tell my board about it and I did this afternoon . |
30 | Cos I 'm a bit worried we got ta get things sorted out so I rang I said I did n't to get onto you , she said no I know how they feel she said her granddad always do things like that . |