Example sentences of "[pron] did [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er it yes it it 's true to tell , gone on record on several occasions saying in terms of environmental capacity there 's the potential within Selby district to accommodate eleven and a half thousand dwellings , however I did later qualify those comments with reference to the emerging local plan , which is the main vehicle we 've we 've got for identifying potential development sites and the the qualification was that was that land is not necessarily available in in the right places , to enable us to make a a reasonable distribution for development in accordance with P P G advice , so that the question of a new settlement remains an extremely attractive option for Selby District , and as I mentioned this morning , in terms of whi we would be approximately eight hundred and fifty dwelli whi we would be approximately eight hundred and fifty dwellings short , in any case , erm |
| 2 | Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it . |
| 3 | I did not think this fellow would survive very long , he was what I call one of my " oncers " . |
| 4 | It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’ |
| 5 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 6 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 7 | ‘ I did not start mass action , the ANC did , ’ he added . |
| 8 | ‘ I got much more out of the car than I did in Kyalami and I did not make any mistakes . |
| 9 | Then I learned that if I did not make these payments I would be registered as a debtor for a period of six years . |
| 10 | I did not expect such kindness … |
| 11 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 12 | Although I did not relish such conditions I reached the final quite easily ; but then disaster struck . |
| 13 | ‘ I did not relish visiting Gayfield when I was a Celtic player and my team now has as good a chance of beating Rangers as anybody else . |
| 14 | I slept for only a short time each night , and I did not eat much food . |
| 15 | I was n't very sympathetic , but I did not strike any blows to her face , ’ said Mrs Swales . |
| 16 | I am glad that I did not miss that intervention , because it has contributed so much to the debate . |
| 17 | I was teaching for a while , I did not miss many gigs , ’ he says . |
| 18 | I did not pay much attention to it as the time , because we had n't decided which peak we were going to attempt . |
| 19 | I did not give much thought to the possibility of their innocence and in fact thought that they were both involved with Mathews in the crime . |
| 20 | If I may remind the right hon. Gentleman , I did not invent that figure . |
| 21 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 22 | I was interested in my work and I did not take one day 's holiday during the next two years . |
| 23 | That is to say , I did not take sufficient account of the fact that at that time of the day , what Mr Farraday enjoys is a conversation of a lighthearted , humorous sort . |
| 24 | As a African I did not celebrate 200 years of Australia , |
| 25 | I found , after experimenting that I did not need any glycerine at all as I managed to get the colour to work well with just a smudge from the wet brush . |
| 26 | I did not find any improvement in actual dollars spent on maintenance when I compared an object-oriented system written in 350,000 lines of C++ with a comparably complex product written in 1.25 million lines of C code . |
| 27 | And I did not find this revelation consoling . |
| 28 | I said that I did not like institutional care , whether private or public . |
| 29 | I did not hear any calls warning of the presence of the 109s , and very soon after first sighting the Ju88s I became aware that my aircraft was being hit . |
| 30 | I did not agree one bit with his speech , but I will say this for him : at least he has political integrity . |