Example sentences of "did [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did fucking , I did five years of normal paperwork and plus for the last three years I did double as well cos I got kicked out of french , so I was in metal work like , four hours of metal work every week the last three three years and , cos I was like nine times out of ten I was the only bloke there , the er , the er metal work teacher got on really well , he was showing me all sorts of stuff and I never got to do the actual metal work lesson |
| 2 | Though Eliot did not like Lindsay 's work , he did think that it might have paved the way for better things . |
| 3 | Frau Nordern agreed , although not without adding a rider of her own : ‘ I always did think that Bodo was being alarmist . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did think that there was something between her and Peter Yeo — her partner — but nothing came of it . |
| 5 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 6 | I was n't partisan politically but I did think that choice was important , whether it was which brand you chose or which person you decided to deride . |
| 7 | I did think that Madeleine and I … |
| 8 | And yes , the police did think that a young person , sex unknown , had been on the scene of the suicide . |
| 9 | Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’ |
| 10 | I did think that someone outside that house was using assassins , professional killers , but that would be too dangerous . |
| 11 | McAllister really did think that she was going to faint this time , not through shock or disgust , but sheer physical exhaustion , except that the will which her family deplored kept her on her feet . |
| 12 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 13 | But , she says , she did think that Ken showed him a certain degree of respect . |
| 14 | legitimate to think that how that they did think that this was a short-term goal in order to achieve their long-term objectives . |
| 15 | But I did think that it might just ease the pressure on Saturdays , because , following what erm Betty has said , in fact , as I make it it 's forty-five Saturdays out of fifty-two , and bearing in mind Bank Holiday weekend , Christmas and that sort of thing , it 's virtually every Saturday in the city centre there is a collection . |
| 16 | Does , does it call into question the fact that that was really what the peasants did think and believe , or were the peasants opportunists , and if they felt they could get away with anything they would get away with anything ? |
| 17 | So I think that what he has done is to try and meet the concerns which your Lordships have have expressed er i in second reading My Lords er I did think if I might say so with the greatest of respect for the Noble Lord , Lord Harris of Greenwich whom I admire en enormously and not for er only for his views which erm depending upon what the views are er that it depends upon my extended admiration |
| 18 | I thought you know , I did think when they were talking , when the council they were talking about spending a lot of money behind the station |
| 19 | I also jot down the questions I did answer and ask myself if my answers were open or closed . |
| 20 | However this teacher did comment that some of his colleagues in other schools were less happy with the change in emphasis , largely because they had always taught music as the development of a range of performance and theoretical skills , and were frightened by the stress the new syllabuses were putting upon improvisation and composition : |
| 21 | Papanek did explain that stories were commissioned on both Rugby World Cups , but both times they were not up to his magazine 's standards . |
| 22 | ‘ He did explain that to us quite often , when she had fallen in love with Europe and the prince proposed , she saw herself in Rome ; the Eternal City , it was always that to her . |
| 23 | Nor did he reimburse Alistair for the lunch , though he did explain that his wallet had been emptied that morning — by which alcoholic , Sixsmith never established . |
| 24 | Taking advantage of the disordered and uncertain state of things it is not surprising that some mineral " owners " felt they ought to have reward for the working of minerals on their land , and there is little doubt that legal issues could and did arise where such " illegal " mining was detected . |
| 25 | He did stress that the company is anxious to make sure that it is a realistically workable solution , and to that extent conformant products would have to be forthcoming . |
| 26 | The Committee did stress that there was ‘ a real desire for improvement ’ and prepared a draft Convention which provided for service via the consular channel , or by an agent appointed either by a party or by the Court whose process was involved . |
| 27 | He , of course , did deliver and was able to record in his diary finally that he felt in such a buoyant mood that he could fly . |
| 28 | Nevertheless , North did testify that Poindexter had supervised the November 1985 shipment of US arms to Iran , an important statement given that four of the five felony charges against the defendant arose from statements to Congress that he had not learnt of the shipment until January 1986 . |
| 29 | It went on so long that finally I did undress and started to give in to the sleep I could feel coming on me . |
| 30 | I did knock and then became captivated . |