Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously did do a thing . |
| 2 | It rejected the idea that the associated companies which together did have a countrywide business were in any way relevant . |
| 3 | Mary Ann Doane 's argument concerning the ‘ women 's films ’ of the 1940s , for example , was that these products of mainstream fiction cinema were directed at a female audience and thus did construct a female gaze . |
| 4 | fucking did get a decent hand |
| 5 | Such fears were vastly exaggerated , for if Britain ever did reach a stage of possible revolution , then it was certainly after rather than during the war , but in isolation from working-class opinions , they seemed real enough to Unionist MPs and their supporters in 1918 . |
| 6 | Morton reflected that if , indeed , he ever did become a royal photographer , life would be much duller for his acquaintances . |
| 7 | But they still did do a certain amount of er the stock in trade course the bins for g for transporting stuff in and all like that . |
| 8 | ‘ Cameron always did take a hard line on these things , ’ she tells her . |
| 9 | ‘ But then , Ryan always did take a very good photograph . ’ |
| 10 | He always did look a funny sort of chap though did n't he ? |
| 11 | They always did taste a bit funny you know , did n't they ? |
| 12 | As this was something of a lovers ' lane , he had a good chance of catching a couple knobbing on the back seat And Steve , as I 'd already found out for myself , always did like a bit of voyeurism . |
| 13 | I always did like a challenge . |
| 14 | ‘ You always did have a gallant streak , Jimmie , ’ Randall said , skirting the crowd . |
| 15 | Let Spencer help you , my dear , my youngest son always did have a good head for figures . ’ |
| 16 | For not only would the developers — who always did have a reputation as sharp dressers — be examples of sartorial elegance but the traditionally staid chartered surveyors would also have swapped their green-check jackets and corduroy trousers for double-breasted suits , red braces and ties that were more of a ‘ statement ’ than a fashion accessory . |
| 17 | These economists were ready to accept that there probably did exist a particular unemployment rate at which inflation was neither rising nor falling but they were unwilling to associate this rate with a state of overall full employment . |
| 18 | Well , they did during the Underground strikes , and I honestly did know a young brat-race type who went to work in the West End on a unicycle . |
| 19 | Would it have been a good tactic to try and exploit adult hostility towards this group on account of their delinquent activities , rather than highlight their racist involvements which clearly did have a measure of adult support ? |
| 20 | Uneventful — yet , as he recalled the day 's happenings , they stung his memory with tiny , pleasant sensations , tastes , smells : there was the taste of eggs and bacon which really did break a fast , the scent of the first cigarette , and the agreeable weight of the Sunday paper in his hands . |
| 21 | ‘ I really did want a femur ’ , he said . |
| 22 | I would like to acknowledge Norman 's excellence because the Garrick was sort of stuck in the past for a long time box set imitation stuff and Norman has sort of revitalized it made it extremely professional and it really did make a difference to the performances and I 'd like |
| 23 | The malai army doctors really did hold a little surgery for our children . |
| 24 | Ferngrove Park , with its woods and meadows and deep thickets full of secret nooks and crannies , was a place where the Brownies really did have a grand time . |
| 25 | Thatcher really did have a sex change , and the one she changed with was Paddy Ashdown , who used to be a man . |
| 26 | Is it true that you really did have a nightmare time in your early life , with all the operations on your foot ? |
| 27 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 28 | they really did have a proper scheme and you were paid a sort of reasonable wage |
| 29 | She really did have a long way to go , and she had not yet learned to recognise the precise lineaments , the demeanour and the shape of the shadow of Stan . |
| 30 | A pity she really did have a cold on the morning she woke up and used her inhaler , the morning after I 'd taken it out of her hand-bag and added my little cocktail . |