Example sentences of "[pron] did [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That was exactly what I did intend to do . |
| 2 | I did intend to do that at first . |
| 3 | This clearance was important because I did intend to ask one or two questions about a matter which had already been aired in several books and articles , her love affair with H. G. Wells and the child of that union , the writer Anthony West . |
| 4 | Not the igneous intrusion — that 's there all right ; a colleague of mine told me about it — and I did intend to work there while I was here in Moila . |
| 5 | ‘ I did intend to have a couple . |
| 6 | When I handed over I did offer to come back and help , do a bit of walling for them , perhaps , but I did n't know then just how busy my life would be when I came to Cotherstone . |
| 7 | I could hardly refuse , but I did refuse to take any payment , although I really needed the money . |
| 8 | ‘ I did want to talk about it but I 'm not so sure now . |
| 9 | I did want to go to the boutique . |
| 10 | And then the women I did want to go to bed with , but could n't conduct a conversation with . ’ |
| 11 | I did want to lose weight so much for it , but have had very little success so will have to get used to the idea of being the back-end-of-a-bus in comparison to Heather . |
| 12 | ‘ I did want to do this run without books . ’ |
| 13 | Those in favour of the I did want to say something . |
| 14 | ‘ I did want to ask about the photographs for the item on Herbal Remedies , ’ one of the part-time editors said . |
| 15 | There was little point in my merely presenting a Moonie world-view — the Moonies themselves can do that — but I did want to try to make their religion and its effects comprehensible to others who wanted to understand how well-educated and intelligent people from ‘ good homes ’ could lead the kind of life they did because they had come to believe that a strange Korean was the Messiah and must be obeyed . |
| 16 | I did n't want them in my house or my life , but I did want to know what they were up to , and no-one would tell me . |
| 17 | Yes , erm if I could here , I did want to add some cos obviously I think everybody was taken by surprised . |
| 18 | But erm , what I did mean to bring in was th was the that our parents and er our er older erm inhabitants who appreciated the cigarettes and them sort of things . |
| 19 | I did manage to lose half a stone ( 7lb/3kg ) , but I was so hungry all the time that I would not keep the diet up for longer than a month . |
| 20 | I did manage to give my hands a quick rinse beforehand and nobody has mentioned food poisoning so it must have been ok . |
| 21 | I did manage to sort out the food for tomorrow and |
| 22 | In retrospect , I would probably have saved a little bit more , but there it is — I did manage to save a little bit anyway . |
| 23 | ‘ I did manage to worm a few details out of him but strictly in confidence . ’ |
| 24 | At length , I did manage to roll over and sit up . |
| 25 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 26 | Now , I am sadly lacking when it comes to corresponding , but that time I did manage to write and thank her , adding that she would always be welcome to come and call if she ever was in the area . |
| 27 | Later I did manage to get out , immediately after dinner , & fortunately , for now I am back , it rains hard , as it has done every day now for a week . |
| 28 | However I did manage to get out of bed at about 6.30 a.m. , feed and myself and get us both to the stadium at the appointed time for the team photo call . |
| 29 | If I did manage to get the rubber disc in now , but then he arrived an hour or two late , and then we went out for a romantic candle-lit dinner , and then we chatted for a while … the spermicide would have decided to cease hostilities at just about the time I needed it to be at its most fierce . |
| 30 | It was n't easy , but I did manage to get practically the last two available tickets . |