Example sentences of "[pron] really did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I really did slog at it and once back in school I said to him : ‘ Tell what you think of this ’ . |
| 2 | I remember taking a girl out once and I really did fancy her — oh , she was beautiful . |
| 3 | ‘ I really did disappear completely . |
| 4 | I really did love you and so did my Dad . |
| 5 | I really did feel very left out , and left out of something important , a feeling I 'd had before . |
| 6 | I really did feel like a Queen for a moment , well , even longer when I found it was not a flash in the pan , but that they were really going to stay with us . |
| 7 | And while I continued to make my contribution , I really did feel it was high time I started looking out for number one . |
| 8 | I really did feel very uneasy indeed . |
| 9 | Yeah er attractive , anyway what was I saying , I was talking to her and she said that she 'd had a talk with Foxy and Foxy had said excuse me , and I just felt I just felt so paranoid because she was saying , talking about all the , how he 'd never been faithful to anyone and how , and I really did feel , would n't you feel awful if everyone was saying oh Sal , yeah , Sal , Sal 's making a real effort but but no she said |
| 10 | ‘ I really did think you 'd gone , dear , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I really did think Lotta had chosen the day of my return to re-enter the fray ! ’ |
| 12 | It was low and cracked to begin with , then it rose up the scale , eerily , and shook out its top notes across the damp , half-lit glade until I really did think that my father had come not from the hospital but from some horribly , cold , empty region that lies in wait for us instead of all the heavens we have dreamed up to make things bearable . |
| 13 | But I really did think he did . |
| 14 | Mm , I thought I 'd get it , I really did think I 'd get it and I went down with a bump when I did n't |
| 15 | That is the worst , I really did think she was a vegan and no one believed me . |
| 16 | And since I really did want to know , the only way was to test it myself . |
| 17 | ‘ I really did want a femur ’ , he said . |
| 18 | I really did want to talk about being in business on your own account as opposed to er working for an employer . |
| 19 | And erm , one day we had friends round , and I went into the loo it stinks of smoke in here , it was really bizarre , and I , I went , and sort of just thought oh , and then I went in again , and I really did smell , and I thought , this is really odd , and so when I came out here I said , did anyone else smell smoke in the ba in the bathroom , and they said oh yeah , I could smell cigarette smoke , and then , it must have just been upstairs , and it wafted down , and in through ours , cos there was no one else really around . |
| 20 | David was n't very happy about me being so blunt , but I think in a way it made him realise that I was really straightforward and that I really did care . |
| 21 | ‘ I really did get a buzz from it and that was bad . |
| 22 | I really did get a bit beyond myself . |
| 23 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 24 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 25 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 26 | I am sure that it is an unpopular thing to say , but I really did enjoy School Practice . |
| 27 | I really did enjoy myself in the Tests last summer and know I can reproduce that form again . ’ |
| 28 | I woke up about 12.30 that night , and I really did know I was in labour by this time . |
| 29 | ‘ The first time , I really did run away . |
| 30 | Whether as Gorbals kid street fighter , trustee of New Scientist , Fellow of the Royal Society or captain of industry , I really did like the man . |