Example sentences of "[pron] did [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did hold down a responsible job in my last post , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ I did lock up ! ’ said Marie . |
| 3 | I did sit down , but said nothing , and he went on , " It 's your own fault entirely . |
| 4 | I did sit in yesterday at Transport Exec and Planning , but no doubt they will be forthcoming |
| 5 | I did feel comprehensively dreadful . |
| 6 | But I did feel out of touch and missed what was often a superficial but nevertheless very sustaining daily relationship . ’ |
| 7 | By the time I went to college , I did feel more confident . |
| 8 | And and and and across the board there has been a cut of er , er of of of just below fifteen per cent , that that the that er er , our cut is forty five per cent , and and I mean , it er , it it it does er er create problems , there 's no doubt about it , and that I I got the letter from er which er , Rod instructed to come along to the department to me yesterday , in fact , I did refer very briefly to it , 'cos I 'm gon na just before the meeting that er er it it sets out saying that it was a very generous set settlement for ninety-three , ninety-four . |
| 9 | That particular single matter was not pursued by the ombudsman an and that therefore means that erm it is n't something that er he felt was a question of maladministration but I did want just to emphasise that this particular point , because in the more er i in the recent report to the Policy Resources Committee on ombudsman complaints , the number , and I ca n't recall exactly what the number was , but the number included in that report relating to planning matters was certainly higher than one , I think there were about half a dozen and what I wanted to take the opportunity of explaining was the , the majority of those all but the one that I 've now referred to , er where in fact relating to district matter planning applications and not to the County Council . |
| 10 | Yeah , I did think here getting one , a tape , I often end up erm cutting the grass or something er get the Sunday extended news |
| 11 | I wish I did think so , but I do n't . ’ |
| 12 | He said it would be politicise police forces and he said that this vote would be a momentous decision because it w th the Bill will do grievous damage to policing in this country and we must remove the repugnant decisions from the Bill , but I alw I did think actually that was fairly extravagant language . |
| 13 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 14 | I had only recently begun to walk much without a stick — however — after much midnight practice to a ‘ pop ’ record I did manage even the backward steps without a wobble which I felt was the least I could do as I was representing MEDAU ! . |
| 15 | It was still early so I did n't expect many customers , but I did expect more than one — me . |
| 16 | I did check earlier , hang on I 'll just er as you 've moved the chair I 'll just check it again . |
| 17 | ‘ But I did stand in for one of your girls at Jenkinsons last week — and I sold the suit I showed . ’ |
| 18 | Maybe I mentioned about the fillings coming out on this side of my mouth and at the back , so I ca They took it out in my living room and hypnotized me to forget , hypnotized walking about in my sleep with it , to sleep , got me in the chair and done it , got out of the house , programmed me to go to that dentist in , which I did do instead of going to Mr at . |
| 19 | Ey I told them , I said you might hear some right a I was in the pub Saturday night , mind I did tell afterwards and he 's ever such a nice bl fella he comes over door |
| 20 | I did eat enough — if anything , too much . |
| 21 | But I did discover where they had been coming in — through the stable and into the wall — and where they had resided when I pulled down the ceiling lathes in the dairy and a load of old nests and rat droppings fell on to my head . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | So I did go round . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops . |
| 26 | But I did go out or something . |
| 27 | And , although I did go home for a few holidays , most I seem to remember were spent elsewhere with friends or at special holiday camps that some of the other boarders went to . ’ |
| 28 | I did go too far I suppose . |
| 29 | I did go down to my local Citizens ' Advice Bureau to see if they had any ideas , but all they could do was pass on the news that there was a squeeze on the social fund ( the emergency payments fund ) , so I was well advised not to expect too much if I did decide to try the social security people . |
| 30 | I erm I did go down to Durban |