Example sentences of "[adv] did [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I ever did to annoy Old Saul , whether it was the heat that made him especially cantankerous , whether Agnes really had kicked him in the head when she arrived , as Mrs Clamp says-none of this do I know . |
| 2 | I do n't think the boys ever did have far to go , but Weenie did have . ’ |
| 3 | A couple of months before , my Dad said if I ever did get pregnant he 'd chuck me out , so I thought they would . " |
| 4 | ‘ He has — ’ Stubbly began to look shifty ; that did n't help ; he always did look shifty — ‘ business interests in the club , that 's all . |
| 5 | ‘ You always did like strange new places . ’ |
| 6 | Denzil always did like bright colours . |
| 7 | ‘ By the Lord , Jimmie , you always did have rose-edged ambitions , but like sunsets they fade . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You always did have strange ideas . ’ |
| 9 | She was killing two birds with one stone , she thought cheerfully : she really did feel sorry for Veronica , and keeping in touch was the only way she 'd find out more about the woman 's relationship with her husband . |
| 10 | ‘ I am a little surprised , Dr Neil , ’ said McAllister prim again , but managing to sneak another biscuit — she really did feel hungry and breakfast would not be served until Matey came down at about seven-thirty — ‘ that you have seen fit to buy it . ’ |
| 11 | I think erm casualty was the worst in that you had very very long hours to do erm sometimes you were on call from five o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock the following morning , and you did that for a whole week so by the end of the time you really did feel inhuman , you were very very tired . |
| 12 | The sharpest clash occurred in the village of Bezdna in the eastern province of Kazan " , where a certain Anton Petrov began claiming that the statutes really did grant wholesale freedom . |
| 13 | The girl really did seem perfect , and she also has some very good references , ’ Laura assured him . |
| 14 | Belinda watched her , smiling at first because Faye really did seem pleased about the present , then with increasing anxiety . |
| 15 | ‘ You really did seem horrible . |
| 16 | The trouble with All Fools ' Day is that every newspaper story suddenly looks suspect , but we assure subscribers that IBM Corp really is paying Louis Gerstner all that money it ca n't afford , that the sports shop that sells guns in Kingston really did close early and the UK government is considering a Congestion Charge , but we confess that we have no evidence that the next computer industry consortium will be a catch-all called Computer Industry . |
| 17 | For the carnival the barrow was filled with vegetables and two wire half hoops straddled it from front to back and side to side , these were beautifully decorated with flowers by my sisters and the wheelbarrow really did look effective . |
| 18 | Harriet really did look far from well . |
| 19 | Poor kid , thought Mrs. Mounce , she really did look whacked . |
| 20 | The one redeeming feature was that Groups initially did select good crews , many of them second-tour types . |
| 21 | On the other hand , given the state of confusion in France and the fact that Thorez himself was in Moscow , it was not clear that the communist hierarchy was in a position to control communist maquisards , many of whom undoubtedly did have revolutionary aspirations . |
| 22 | ‘ The course of true love never did run smooth . |
| 23 | But then they do say the course of true love … even if it is of the feathered variety , never did run smooth . |
| 24 | But the path of true love never did run smooth and who could blame Orsino for overlooking this waif-life creature with the short , dark , cropped hair for the Countess Olivia , she of the long flowing hair and dresses . |
| 25 | The Vikings certainly did cause extensive damage to property in the short term . |
| 26 | However , it must be emphasised that all the women who chose not to register for work actually did want paid employment and took up any employment opportunities which arose ( Callender , 1986a ) . |