Example sentences of "i [vb past] well [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I wanted it for an amateur production of James Saunders A Scent of Flowers — a play I knew well and which required a coffin to be positioned downstage during the entire action . |
| 2 | I was telephoned by the late Lord Plunket , Her Majesty 's Equerry , a man of exceptional charm whom I knew well and liked , who arranged the appointment and said diffidently , ‘ I hope you do not mind wearing a morning coat . ’ |
| 3 | It was delivered very secretly by a student of the Convitto Maria Luigia who travelled on the tram , and it had been given to him by another boy at the same school , a boarder whom I knew well and who lived in Fontenallato . |
| 4 | But I knew better than to broadcast those ideas around school . |
| 5 | I knew better than to go in . |
| 6 | ‘ No , it 's not , in he said , ‘ It 's a Suo , and I should know.in I knew better than to argue with an expert , so I said nothing and quickly caught it instead . |
| 7 | I knew better than to inquire . |
| 8 | I knew better than to attempt to hug Mr Broadhurst , although that was what I felt like doing , for not only did everything in his manner discourage physical relations , he had also given me a strict injunction . |
| 9 | Did I really think I knew better than the FO , full of clever people who were experts on British foreign policy ? |
| 10 | Afterwards I felt ashamed that I thought I knew better than they did , especially when they were doing everything for free . |
| 11 | I knew better than to interrupt . |
| 12 | that 's right , and I thought well while the the pile 's there they wo n't know whose they are I 'll just . |
| 13 | She was dressed in one of the outfits , and I thought well that suits you down to the ground ! |
| 14 | So I thought well and I said , do you reckon that 's in a , I said which is your favourite cos there was a load of different she said , that 's mine . |
| 15 | Warning us all about this , so well I thought well if they warn us , something must be good here , if they 're warning us that it 's bad you know . |
| 16 | Until I re and , well until my husband retired at sixty and I thought well if he 's going to retire at sixty , I might as well retire , you see . |
| 17 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 18 | I only got one packet cos they 're cheap in Gateway and I thought well if if they 're alright might just go on them then . |
| 19 | But then when he said two hundred and one pounds for a pension mortgage I thought well if a hundred and ninety |
| 20 | Yeah , I know you wanted that one and I thought well if this morning |
| 21 | But , I felt , I know , at one point I really thought I was going to have to ring Iris to come and just sit with the kiddies , but I thought well if I drop down what the hell , devil this house gon na look like in , with three of them let loose in . |
| 22 | No , I did n't , I did n't , no I thought well if , if there 's a there is a place . |
| 23 | So I thought well if you 're gon na do it in six months |
| 24 | well I thought well if it checks me another six months at least when they say have you got any experience , but as I say I 'm still in touch with Mencap and I 'm still in touch with mine and I 've also er put in for , what they call them mobility insistence for the Princess Marina which again an education and you just go in and be , be a friend to somebody and you take them out for an hour , er a couple of hours , you , and you 're paid five pounds eighty for a two hour session |
| 25 | So I thought well if she 's got plasters |
| 26 | So I thought well if I can sort of get think to myself a rough idea before I go Jonathan 's going to Geoff 's mums cos Geoff 's got ta work all day Saturday you see ? |
| 27 | Well I thought well if |
| 28 | Cos I thought well if you were me |
| 29 | I did cos I thought well if nobody else was eating it , I might as well eat it . |
| 30 | you can , and then I thought well if I ever do get grandchildren , no , I 'll keep it . |