Example sentences of "did [vb infin] this " in BNC.
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1 | Maybe someone did think this was a bit strong , and phoned the filth . |
2 | And , of course , the American army did liberate this south-western corner of Bohemia , though it is only in recent weeks that the new government has permitted the fact to be acknowledged . |
3 | " In the end , however , I have come to the conclusion that the learned county court judge adopted the right approach and did treat this question as one of degree and fact . |
4 | We did make we did make this point to Keith actually very very clearly , |
5 | So , we can expect conflict and , and did make this point , but we need to underline it , because it 's very important . |
6 | Roland did want this . |
7 | I 've got to say that I did enjoy this outing ; although the day began with a freezing start it warmed up later and I had a pleasant time working amongst the iron and other junk that abounds on the riverside . |
8 | However , Dr Clarke adds that the secretary of one defence body ‘ did qualify this by stating that doctors may be questioned very closely about their reasons for not taking a patient 's temperature and , taken with other factors , this may swing a decision for disciplinary proceedings against the doctor ’ . |
9 | ‘ Oh dear , ’ she said , ‘ you did know this was a fever hospital , did n't you ? |
10 | However , he did consider this event important enough to send a report to an Australian station on Lord Howe Island . |
11 | When he did do this , he satisfied the condition and the bequest became payable . |
12 | Yeah , he did do this . |
13 | I think you did send this is intending it to be a postal application Mr ? |
14 | I think you did send this in intending it to be a postal application Mr ? |
15 | And I believe I did choose this new life , that I was not coerced . |
16 | If the courts did give this construction to the term law they would be applying a very different thesis from that originally conceived by Gould . |
17 | ‘ We have time , and indeed I did mark this lady waiting in your anteroom . |
18 | Whilst it is always advisable to have a power tool regularly serviced , including safety checks , we did like this practical information to save the d-i-yer unnecessary costs . |
19 | Once you 'd done a new paragraph like they did like this blah blah blah in here . |
20 | When they did employ this form it was , as at the Pantheon , a dome set upon circular walls which did not present great constructional problems ( 127 , 128 and 129 ) . |
21 | I think a , every so often it 'll be very interesting , very sort of , we did try this once did n't we ? |
22 | I did wish this book were longer , but it 's a perfect short bedtime read which cheers tired eyes and ears . |
23 | And , by the way , he did have this job in Italy , but if it was in the slightest degree inconvenient to join them in the villa , he 'd book into a cheap little pensione by the railway station in Siena . |
24 | But we did have this idea that the whole tribe went around together . |
25 | After several hearings between November 1817 and April 1818 the court decided that the appellee did have this right . |
26 | I mean if it is helpful and Mr and I did have this discussion in the pre-meeting that we had , er certainly if you wish to recommend that the d that the stars on the the diagram were to be changed er just simply to show one star instead of a route , then I for one would be quite happy with that . |
27 | Yes Chairman , we we did have this debate in er budget review as I remember it . |
28 | We did have this problem before but we started earlier did n't we ? |
29 | But I did hear this one and I run to the window |
30 | And yes , the OFT did take this into account when clearing the bid . |