Example sentences of "i did [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village . |
2 | Paula explains : ‘ I did make a conscious decision about ten years ago . |
3 | I did make a big mistake there , though . |
4 | Then , as I looked back at the dark , inscrutable carob tree , I did feel a faint touch of fear . |
5 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
6 | Though admittedly I did feel a brief uneasiness when I remembered that odd floating movement of Sergia 's . |
7 | Guinness I did represent a Pyrrhic victory for the SFO : after six months of evidence and five days of deliberations the jury found all four defendants guilty . |
8 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
9 | and er you see and , and anyway I finished up my holiday and the sergeant said , he kept his promise and er sent me a report over the newspaper , you see , and er and of course and I liked the Isle of Man , you know , I went for trips around the island and various places and er , and I did see a Manx cat |
10 | ‘ Well , I did get a terrible cold after Christmas . ’ |
11 | I did work a little while at first with the girl who had the job . |
12 | Mind you , I did buy a fair bit of vegetables . |
13 | I did circulate a brief note to everyone before Christmas because it became clear in our autumn debrief meeting that there was some confusion about suggestion forms , and whet . |
14 | Actually I did have a good party once . |
15 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
16 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
17 | But I did have a small solace . |
18 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
19 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
20 | However , in compensation I did find a nice silver hammered halfpenny of Henry V and a few rose farthings . |
21 | Great , okay Nick , thanks for that , we 'll come back to you in just a moment , but I did promise a racing competition . |