Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] did [adv] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh that Dutch coffee was too strong , now this seems to weak , or I did n't put enough in I think I 'll clean , put that filter stuff in tomorrow |
| 2 | The family member will say that these things should help , that they are only part of normal family commitment and civilised behaviour and that , if he or she did not do these things , then the primary sufferer might die . |
| 3 | In addition no child would be admitted at 11 unless his parents undertook to keep him at school until 18 ( though presumably the schools would have the right to throw out children who proved unsuitable , or who did not do enough work ) . |
| 4 | where we did n't live any more . |
| 5 | Although I did not relish such conditions I reached the final quite easily ; but then disaster struck . |
| 6 | Although I did not get this trouble with my machines , we used to suffer badly when we first got our computer . |
| 7 | I like to grow the big onions , although I did n't exhibit those this time here . |
| 8 | Although I did n't watch that one , it 's so in n it ? |
| 9 | I filled in the form with this request instead of a claim for money , although I did n't have much hope that anything would happen . |
| 10 | ‘ Although I did n't have any live playing experience — I 'd never done the youth club/dance band/pub/club thing — I still felt that I was technically quite good , having evolved my style from playing along to records . |
| 11 | although I did n't get many sixteen and er he was hovering there , I says well what 's happened ? |
| 12 | The marriage was a disaster from the word go , although I did n't realize this until it was all over . |
| 13 | Also useful was the continuous shooting mode ensuring that I did n't miss any of the action as surfers sped past me . |
| 14 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 15 | I 'd spent so much time on my own , sitting watching birds , or reading about them or drawing them , that I did n't make many friends , and those I had took second place to the birds . |
| 16 | ‘ I did say that I did n't want any , ’ Robyn declared coolly . |
| 17 | Ahmed : I must say that I did n't think much of the group when it was first set up because f felt that it wasted a lot of time whinging about all the things that were ‘ being handed to the Black workers on a plate because anti-racism was currently fashionable ’ . |
| 18 | she told them that , that 's mine , she told them that I did n't think much of this and I thought it was a rip off |
| 19 | I explained at length that I did n't think this was such a good idea . |
| 20 | " And the beauty of it , " he says now over a cold beer in a Manhattan restaurant , " was that I did n't know any better . |
| 21 | I figured that I did n't have much of a chance to be the best player in the US , the country being so big . |
| 22 | It is probably all to the good that I did n't have this book with me , since the ready availability of a thick volume containing every registration number ever carried by every aeroplane currently registered or based in the United Kingdom could only have prompted further unanswerable questions as to why anyone could therefore need to write them down . |
| 23 | I did n't belong to a union , I did n't know anything about my rights then , and I know now that I did n't have any in that particular case … |
| 24 | ‘ The difference against Wales was that I did n't have any really long kicks , ’ he replied . |
| 25 | No one really bothered that I did n't get any letters or visits . |
| 26 | He told us too that Rabbie Burns was n't a real poet and he could tell by my face that I did n't like that or him . ’ |
| 27 | I said that I did n't like that idea to start off with |
| 28 | I was waiting for you … and then after that night I was here with you , I tried to convince myself that it was over , that I did n't need any more . |
| 29 | I am glad that I did not miss that intervention , because it has contributed so much to the debate . |
| 30 | I am not quite sure who it was I sat next to because I am such a slow eater that I did not have much time for conversation . |