Example sentences of "[pron] we did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We did n't have much , so we learned to make the most of what we did have , and if a man was lucky enough to have a job he put everything into it . |
| 32 | What we did have difficulty was er with an odd occasion where a man was on the verge of being dismissed . |
| 33 | No you have to get a bucket of water and flush it with a bucket , what we did have on the sink in the brew house was a a , a about a couple of foot square and on the top of that was an old pump handle , well that water used to drain all the rainwater from the roof all rainwater from the roof used to drain into that well that was sunk in the brewers , so that we could pump water out of the little well , so that we could have soft water for doing the washing , rainwater , otherwise it meant going to the standpipe in the , out in the yard to get your water for washing . |
| 34 | If you feel comfortable going in second one of these and these alone , that 's fine by him do what we did come in the first place , you can go in , take your briefcase pop it down there , this says to them , this is where I 'm gon na work from , is that okay with you ? |
| 35 | That 's right , Bolton won five nil but what we did get clarified from the Football League today was if two English teams finish their four games on the same number of points , is it goal difference or is it the number of goals scored that is the crucial factor ? |
| 36 | What we did say did n't encourage them to chat as we 'd always turn the conversation round to why they were keeping us like this . |
| 37 | ‘ We write for ourselves , anything we did write that was , like , upbeat and jolly , got thrown out immediately … ’ |