Example sentences of "[verb] i did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think I did think , ’ he admitted softly . |
| 2 | Perhaps because I do n't touch-type I did have a problem . |
| 3 | I tried to make my excuse sound plausible , but I fear I did hurt him ; he had been pronounced unfit for military service and he was lonely and smarting at his exclusion from the experience of his peers . |
| 4 | They did n't talk to me I mean I did talk to they because |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do |
| 7 | I mean I did go to Denman , but I was n't very well at the time and I did n't get round the house so I would like to go myself . |
| 8 | I mean I did ask you about the outstanding bills and loans whereas if we 'd 've been doing the thing properly we 'd 've gone through that |
| 9 | I mean I did read somewhere there were some studies done |
| 10 | I mean I did have some of the boxes in there until I sort of , thought while I was sorting things out . |
| 11 | she only had the bloody cheek to charge us last year for a turkey wrong , but I mean I did get that sorted out afterwards . |
| 12 | I do n't I do n't know that I 'd fancy doing , I mean I did like biology , but I do n't think I 'd specifically want to do the biology at the level that they 're doing it up there , cos it 's too much of a jump from what I 've ever done before |
| 13 | And they say yeah I will but but presumably that tapers off and they do n't but it 's an interesting thing that on particular when you 're targeting certain things like pantomime do get people in I think there 's lot 's of people said this evening say actually build on that perhaps get those people to come back again so yes I did like it I I did like what I saw there I did like the way that I was treated I did like the whole ambience of the place like I 'll definitely come back again will they be viable to do that ? |
| 14 | Can I just say that after the last meeting and you urging us all to write I did write to them . |
| 15 | They found I did have river blindness . |
| 16 | And what we in fact the the reason we tell people everything on the phone Ron is that there are some things that pen I did have one here , |
| 17 | Yeah , so yeah ah you 're alright so you 'll say yeah course I 'm alright , there 's no fee , so eventually I get to the point where I said look I did say there 's no fee involved but I 'd , I , that 's a bit of a lie because there is a fee for all the work I 'm er but it comes in the form of referrals , in the form of recommendation , not actual money . |
| 18 | I 've got I did have the other one , Crossroads , but the reason why I had it was because Dave was in the house and he had it . |
| 19 | erm I did see I did see you on television . |
| 20 | I confess I did have a wife until recently , but , alas , no son — or daughter . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 23 | you know I did say to Brian |
| 24 | Do n't really like to you know I did have a that made me so close to it . |
| 25 | Yeah , but I 'm su , you know I did debate whether it was twenty |
| 26 | Christmas cards go flying I did take a picture of all my birthday cards , |
| 27 | Like you go , even saying I did serve quite a bit faster than her , which I do like , you know she still should o i if the bar done seven fifty she should have , she should have done what two , three and a half ? |
| 28 | hopefully it 's gon na be some form of positive response I 'm glad you should say that because if you cast your mind back to when we first talked I did say that if you were happy , and only if you 're happy , |
| 29 | To be honest , I suppose I did want to , but … well , Madeleine was very young and uncertain of herself , her feelings . |
| 30 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ Nell said , her brow wrinkling , ‘ I suppose I did get a message days ago to say the Chairman was coming , but I did n't know it meant him . |