Example sentences of "[pers pn] did [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told Malpass he could find me at Stuart Street and , for a couple of streets , I did head that way . |
| 2 | Well I did gather that . |
| 3 | And though I did hold passionate beliefs , I was a bit young to express them all . |
| 4 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 5 | Anyway , all I can say is , I did make some notes somewhere , I think I put them in my pocket , or maybe ( silence ) . |
| 6 | ‘ The tables are fun to use and after 10 one-hour sessions I did feel slimmer and more enthusiastic about exercise in general , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I did feel sorry . |
| 8 | I did n't much like it , mice and such like have always given me the creeps , but I did feel sorry for it being shut up . |
| 9 | But I did feel sorry for the man who was trying to get out cos he must have been in there for ages . |
| 10 | I would n't say it was a particularly woman-centred experience but I did feel confident in the skills of the midwives and the doctors and knew that there were all the necessary facilities should anything go wrong . |
| 11 | It 's true that I did feel that way at the time . |
| 12 | I did feel that , by the end of the work , the language had remained a little over-simplistic , perhaps patronisingly so , to anyone who had worked through all the processes involved in this weighty work . |
| 13 | I had to admit , I did feel good for a moment or two psychologically speaking , but when I stood up to finish tidying my room I began to feel rather ashamed , even though no one had been here to see me or hear me . |
| 14 | I wished I did feel sick . |
| 15 | But I did feel cold and I tired easily . |
| 16 | I did feel angry . |
| 17 | I was scolded for an hour by Bessie as the most ungrateful child in the world , and indeed with so much hate in my heart I did feel wicked . |
| 18 | It was awful , because although I 'd worn the dress all day , and stuck up for myself , I did feel bad about it ; they made me feel bad , sort of guilty , as if I was showing off my body . |
| 19 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 20 | ‘ I did think that , yes . |
| 21 | No I did think that myself . |
| 22 | Mind you , I did think last year the grant was down too low , at eight hundred thousand , but that was the amount they put in , it was two point eight , I think , to start with , and two million pounds offered in the end . |
| 23 | I was ill for a lot of my boyhood , but I did manage one complete term at prep school . |
| 24 | I did answer that question . |
| 25 | Tell you what I did watch one night in the week on Sky was erm they 've er they 've done a feature on erm all these karate actors , you know , the best ones |
| 26 | It was the year before war broke out in 1939 and a small sum was paid for a quarter 's lessons , thirteen in all , I think , but I did miss one or two . |
| 27 | He says : ‘ I did n't miss years , but I did miss some very important times in their lives . |
| 28 | He says : ‘ I did n't miss years , but I did miss some very important times in their lives . |
| 29 | Of course , at first I did do all the humdrum work , though to be honest , I never found it dull . |
| 30 | Well I did do all my housework , you 'd never know I 'd done it . |