Example sentences of "[pron] did take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , this is an extremely good slide , I did take this myself , erm of the actual dress of the eighteen forties , I 'll just sort of point out its components . |
| 2 | Even those who did take legal action received little advantage from it . |
| 3 | right , she did take that book with her , did n't she ? |
| 4 | Erm , yeah we , we did take direct action and so eventually the ad was dropped , but if we 'd just complained and not taken any action the ad would n't have been dropped . |
| 5 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
| 6 | And we , I think we did take some with us did n't we ? |
| 7 | Of course , as Councillor rightly pointed out , they did take thirteen million pounds out of the budget . |
| 8 | Well I strange erm accusation yes we will be , we would keep the council tax down if I am that that would be a popular message to give out and so having accepted our below er the guideline figures they did take this into consideration but we have a budget that has elements of growth in industry . |
| 9 | Yet , as he revealed in one of his later outbursts , he did take Jewish pupils , perhaps without realising at first that they were so . |
| 10 | Neil , ’ I said , urgently , ‘ he did take this picture tonight , and whatever he took it for , it 's got to mean he 'll be coming back for it , and soon . |
| 11 | It is believed he may have left home of his own choice as he did take some of his clothes , but there have been no reports of him trying to leave the country . |
| 12 | However , it did take some time for the mother church to readjust after this second labour and birth . |
| 13 | But it did take some time . |
| 14 | But the east Belfast based group vowed the show would go ahead — even if it did take some time . |