Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb past] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where we did use to run among |
| 2 | This undermined any pre-ordained police logic we might have employed to define them , so that pressures to produce a unidimensional model of ‘ polis — prig ’ were simply unable to be maintained , although we did home in on such facets as their long hair and frequently unwashed state to polarize them as binary ‘ animals ’ , in contrast to our human status . |
| 3 | We may not have been able to stop the legislation ( although we did succeed in reducing its scope ) , but we let the world know that we remained strong and proud and shameless . |
| 4 | The concrete silos that form the view from the airport are not too attractive , but La Rochelle itself and its restaurants in the little streets near the harbour are lovely , although we did get wet during a torrential downpour after dinner . |
| 5 | This was not the biggest success of the trip , although we did enjoy putting on our evening gear , not to mention more champagne at the interval . |
| 6 | although we did notice , I mean , it and this will be during the er sixties anyway that erm , er the various new types of fittings that came out on er several of the London manufacturers were erm stepped up really were n't they you know |
| 7 | Although we did receive some sheet music , we mainly got tapes . |
| 8 | Evening distractions were few , although we did hear Sinead O'Connor blasting out in the early hours in one village , and we spent one evening joining in with some traditional dancing — the original Twist ! |
| 9 | Erm , the reason and the urgency that applied was very much to ensure that we did attract the Rural Development Fund grant . |
| 10 | Yes , okay , could we ask Mr Chairman , on this particular thing on this arson business in one thing that we did express concern of were a number of years that are invariably are started we 've called in to do the research into this and the investigation , so ar does this add now the fact that you 're more sophisticated , does it now mean that your having more staff er , devoted to this , because this was a question that whether we should do it , or whether the police should be doing it ? |
| 11 | I think he 's already confirmed that we did speak . |
| 12 | However , if we worshipped a goddess who lived on Snowdon and adored strawberries , then non-practical , noneconomic ideas might dictate that we did grow them on the mountain top . |
| 13 | Do n't worry and always ask me if there 's something that we did last time and I start ta |
| 14 | I have to say , that the the year wo I that I 'm reporting on now , nineteen ninety , ninety-one was actually better than we had originally planned and expected , and in fact , that we did eliminate the deficit in that year . |
| 15 | I did n't want to get into soap opera conversation about it with him , but on the occasions that we did talk about it , both of us felt that someone , with perhaps a little more eye on reality , would have realised that he should have been in hospital and not at home unable to reach oxygen . |
| 16 | Yeah , put that we did do that . |
| 17 | Sir Ranulph , said : ‘ I 'm amazed that we did do it … |
| 18 | If a breakdown does occur , we rush to our files to extract the relevant memo which shows that we did tell the boss what was happening — that is , we cover ourselves . |
| 19 | Erm was that we did elect , I recall , a local publicity group , one representative from each union did n't we ? |
| 20 | ‘ But the positive thing is that we did win our last home game and it was a big one . |
| 21 | One of the warmer meetings I 've done but th I think that we did come out in the end with all bar four people in the room , I believe that 's right Councillor is it ? |
| 22 | And he dis We had I have n't told you er did n't tell you or h I er do n't think I 've told you have I , that we did have a a chemist in the quarry you know . |
| 23 | Can we just mention there that we did have a problem at the weekend with the paper banks again . |
| 24 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 25 | Could I point out to members that we did have er written replies to try and speed up the question process , could I ask members both in asking the question and especially in answering , not to make it another speech occasion because otherwise it destroys the whole purpose of having the written replies . |
| 26 | The the problem that we did have , I mean my normal lecturing style until here in fact , was that I would just waffle y'know and generally do a few bits on the board and then carry on for an hour or two but the sh people were n't getting the notes down , that was the problem with that . |
| 27 | He 'd forgotten that we did have an increase . |
| 28 | And er what was I going to tell you , I told you about , I talked about we had nine pawnbroker 's shops , I did n't did I , but that we did have nine pawnbroker shops in Ipswich . |
| 29 | As far as other union members ' attitude towards us , I think that we did get an enormous amount of support from like-minded colleagues in organizing around issues of race and sexuality . |
| 30 | That 's right , we 've got to balance that with the fact that we did promise them a decrease , but we 've got the erm leverage of having helped them . |