Example sentences of "[adv] we did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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31 | Well we did have a look but we have n't found it anywhere . |
32 | Well we did have a letter off erm Good Neighbours through the lady who also came to sing , cos I know her |
33 | Well we did have one good result locally ; nice to see Abingdon Town back on the winning trail again ; Vauxhall League division two south that was , Abingdon Town three , Horsham nil , our reporter , Nick Quayle . |
34 | Their enterprise began as a wholefood store — ‘ we had very little stock but all those years ago we did manage to get organic Basmati rice ’ — with a little tearoom at the back and a Malaysian feast once a week . |
35 | We all groaned a bit and snivelled like kids , and we were putting it on , but we were only putting it on because underneath we did feel sad seeing our names rubbed out . |
36 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
37 | And in fact , quite fortuitously we did bring along a plan today which has a six mile radius , erm from the Centre of York which was er the subject of some discussion at the greenbelt local plan enquiry and by and large , erm there is some consistency between the outer boundary or the greenbelt erm and the Greater York study area , both at around about six miles from the city centre . |
38 | ‘ Maybe we did look like an ideal exciting couple ’ , says Ferrier . |
39 | Then we did loose leaves . |
40 | I actually started with eng civil engineer , going round looking for the camp site and then we did tramp the hills . |
41 | And indeed we did give them an an undertaking er that that would be done . |
42 | At least we did have boss , sometime it 's not being good you can say , they 've been good , and they say ah , it 's just what Phil wants . |
43 | Yet we did detect an easing off in harassment of Republicans and of itinerants . |
44 | There was very little else we did have in those days . |
45 | Actually we did press him a bit and he gave the usual reasons . |
46 | Ah , number four , interesting one this , actually we did have a few er , mishaps on number four , employed client twenty four thousand , I 'll just do this one on the board , I think it might be an idea . |