Example sentences of "i [vb past] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 2 | I made do with peripheral vision , which , after all , is the next best thing . |
| 3 | I mean , I was there er , I left yesterday afternoon , I mean , I had to go in early and we had erm an auction and I helped do that . |
| 4 | Sarfraz Nawaz was the first man I saw do it , but most Pakistan fast bowlers have the ability to swing the old ball . |
| 5 | Truth be told , I ca n't really remember what I did do in those six months . |
| 6 | ‘ I did do it , ’ said Gazzer , wearily , ‘ last night . |
| 7 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 8 | I did do the right thing , did n't I ? ’ |
| 9 | Wish I could say I did do something organised and worthwhile on a regular basis . ’ |
| 10 | Of course , at first I did do all the humdrum work , though to be honest , I never found it dull . |
| 11 | I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help . |
| 12 | I did do it yes |
| 13 | I did do that . |
| 14 | I I did do it |
| 15 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I did do some . |
| 16 | Well I think that , that my problem is , you know like , Cos I did do the P G C S |
| 17 | Well er when I er , when I er , I could n't remember much what it was now , but whatever the union fee was , when I started on me own to be er satisfied of cos of circumstances I might need money , you know , I thought it would say the union fee was a shilling , I had to pay one and six half as much as whatever it was and I did do . |
| 18 | I just wish it was all over , like now I had to last out until the thirty first of March , which I did do . |
| 19 | Maybe I mentioned about the fillings coming out on this side of my mouth and at the back , so I ca They took it out in my living room and hypnotized me to forget , hypnotized walking about in my sleep with it , to sleep , got me in the chair and done it , got out of the house , programmed me to go to that dentist in , which I did do instead of going to Mr at . |
| 20 | Shall I , I shall have to apologize to the council , cos I mean I did do the , the survey of the erm residents and of course I had flu last month , I do apologize , I did n't actually manage to get that done . |
| 21 | s the only one I did do after we were married . |
| 22 | I had my first bab theonly one I did do after we were married . |
| 23 | But that 's the only one I did do after we were married . |
| 24 | ‘ I did do , certainly . |
| 25 | well I did do stat view in the first year but not very much |
| 26 | You can talk about the nature of art — blah , blah , blah — and I did do some dribbling off into text and stuff , but now I know that movement says more to me than any of this other tosh . |
| 27 | I , I did do years gone by yes and they , they did move into the football combination at one time , because it was considered that the Midland Intermediate League was too big a jump for young men into the first team and the difference was so vast in the type of football that Walsall second team they u only playing young fellas , and they used to win seven and eight goal margins every week you know , but then they moved up into combination that was a better standard of football , but latter years economy drives and everything they came back out of the combination reverted to the Midland Intermediate again which I believe there are two phases of that no one for s older players and the other one strictly for youth players |
| 28 | I did do in the front , er , yes . |
| 29 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |
| 30 | , well I mean , I did do what you want , Penny and I would come along but I think you 'd see better in , in a box . |