Example sentences of "[pron] [Wh pn] [vb past] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking after the meeting to someone who did attend it , I was told that the arkies ' interference with the rally last year comprised bluff and empty threats ! |
| 2 | Er I do n't know shorthand but I thought y somebody who did know shorthand would probably have a less hard time than I do writing down notes . |
| 3 | He was the one who helped produce the Bush campaign 's dirtiest — and most effective — commercials during the 1988 campaign , including the ones hitting Mr Dukakis on his liberal prison furloughs and filthy Boston harbour . |
| 4 | ‘ Then , by the same token , ’ said the earl , ‘ you are saying that the man who finished the work was one who did have cause to want Aldhelm removed from the world , before he ever reached the abbey gatehouse . |
| 5 | As one who did get into quite a few scrapes , Henry Schwartz admits that the Viennese and Berliners divided into rival camps , but thinks that the seriousness of the fighting was overstated . |
| 6 | One who did put up was Ba Pe , but Aung San was nauseated by his persisting with the corrupt practices which had disfigured pre-war parliamentary politics : and anyway his usefulness was exhausted . |
| 7 | We who did harm |
| 8 | In short the movies had broken through to the masses and had the power to pull in almost anybody and everybody who helped constitute the masses . |
| 9 | ‘ Of course , ’ murmured Mrs Crump , and looked around the hall to root out anyone who dared challenge her on this matter . |
| 10 | By contrast , Phena seemed intent on avoiding everyone , and anyone who did deign to speak to her got snapped at for their trouble . |
| 11 | Those of us who did carry on with the flight , masochistically addicted to the hellish aimlessness of it , were obliged to leave at New Delhi , and spend a day selling brightly coloured scarves and small gold elephants on a souvenir stall . |
| 12 | Er I myself and many others were here for two and a half years and I submit to you that this is a considerable portion of one 's adult lifetime and consequently , the experiences of the last three days have been very meaningful and very moving to those of us who did spend such a portion of our lives here in this place . |
| 13 | Those of us who helped constitute the large House of Commons majority in favour of the principle of joining the community did so with our eyes open . |