Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb past] [vb infin] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( These diets could be said to have been half-right , in that they did cut out refined carbohydrates , but unfortunately without adding fibre-rich carbohydrate foods which we now know to be of such help to slimmers . ) |
| 2 | And they did look really good when when they had been finished . |
| 3 | I wanted their approval , even if they did smell so terrible , the reek of their hair in its stiff , bright tufts mixing with the fumes of alcohol . |
| 4 | But you know they they really need to watch how much part time work they are doing because it could mean that their pension will be suspended if they did work too much . |
| 5 | Even if they did put down some yellow lines I do n't think it would stop some people . ’ |
| 6 | Attempts to survey political opinions came rather later , though they did have not dissimilar aspirations to those of the market surveyors ; however , they were rather less well conducted . |