Example sentences of "sure [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we did n't always know what was going on but erm , we did catch the planes when they took off in the morning and we watched them come home in the afternoons and we got some ideas sometimes when things had n't gone quite right and I 'm sure we did share with you in your grief . |
| 2 | I 'm sure they did do it well . |
| 3 | Looking back , I need not have turned my nose up with such scorn when any of them approached me , as I 'm sure they did need some friendly contacts , but if one showed any signs of friendliness , they interpreted this as an invitation to attach themselves to you for the rest of the day , and probably the night too . |
| 4 | Albert said , ‘ I 'm sure he did see Mr Evans and I think what he saw him take was an envelope . |
| 5 | But God had made bloody sure he did see it — and He had safely left the rest to the inevitable reflex of challenge-acceptance . |