Example sentences of "[verb] they [adv] did " in BNC.
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1 | Clearly , for those who found they actually did suffer from smelly clothes — evidently a lot of people — the ads struck an immediate and powerful chord . |
2 | ‘ I say they just did n't notice me , ’ Darius says . |
3 | He said , I asked , asked , well I left a message on Saturday for him to sort them out did n't I ? |
4 | I said I 'd bring them today did n't I ? |
5 | Yeah , she fair , fair like she er nearly cut them up did n't she ? |
6 | yorkshire pudding , I had to use them up did n't I , cos I do n't like eggs laid about , you know , I do n't like them being there a lot |
7 | He could have done with something , fish and chips even , but the place was so goddamn countrified they probably did n't rise to things like that . |
8 | That did n't take them long did it ? |
9 | I do n't know whether they they , I suppose they really did n't have the time . |
10 | It is the best deal they never did . ’ |
11 | Erm , she started really by , well th well there is two of them involved at the time , but they started by reading a book on the subject and really just talking to me about it certainly , because I mean they really did n't understand , you know because food to them is just food , you know it was just some meal they had to eat because they were hungry and they could n't understand why I had got this whole thing completely distorted . |
12 | A lot of parents were refusing to sign she said , ‘ because they admitted they just did not understand the new selection procedure . |
13 | There used to be used to shunt them out did n't they . |
14 | A Newcastle police spokeswoman said : ‘ The fact they dumped the baby may mean they just did n't look in the back until it was too late . |
15 | Anyway ; I used to be petrified of these dragons , even though I knew they probably did n't exist ; I mean I knew there was no Santa Claus , and no fairies and elves , but still thought ghosts and dragons were a possibility , and it only took one to kill you … |
16 | I thought they just did sides . |
17 | Did they not Did you not tie rope over them or something ? |
18 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
19 | the festivals car park , you know the whole thing and I mean then he kicked them off did n't he , so they moved up to Cross Street so in a way it 's their own fault , they could of let them stay there , I mean every body wants to be settled somewhere like |
20 | The surveyors said they really did see , hear and feel all the exhilarating sensations of flying . |
21 | Of course , quite a lot of them do — putting down on paper what was agreed over the phone to be produced in evidence if the other side claims they never did , for example . |