Example sentences of "[det] [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But after that I did take up private nursing . |
| 2 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 3 | The few who did get through , mostly mature if determined ladies carrying packets of tea , butter and biscuits , did not create any serious inconvenience . |
| 4 | Those few who did attend church found a congenial home with Father Donovan at St Anthony 's with its steel bands , carnival processions , and general interracial bonhomie . |
| 5 | Quite unfairly , it was the few who did cause a hiccup in the smooth turnover of the lettings that I remember best . |
| 6 | The size of the audience did n't increase noticeably , but the faithful few who did turn up seemed appreciative . |
| 7 | This one did know his man , and made sure he should never arrive . |
| 8 | And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park . |
| 9 | Despite its close proximity , it was discovered that this breed owed its curly coat to a different gene and close inspection revealed that , unlike the Cornish and German breeds , this one did have a few long guard hairs . |
| 10 | This they did near Poitiers in mid-September , and for two days papal representatives went to and fro between the forces in the hope of securing an arrangement . |
| 11 | He hated Tories in general and had little respect for most of the Tory leadership , although some he did respect , primarily Harold Macmillan . |
| 12 | She still did not want a baby , but she knew how much she did want and need her husband . |
| 13 | It might help if he realized how much you did love her . ’ |
| 14 | Right now he had no idea what would become of him , yet this much he did know — there was a sense of peace in his heart at last , and the bitter core of hatred had melted with his tears . |
| 15 | After all I did know through my discussions with Pasha regarding the plausibility of King Lear 's plot that the Earl of Gloucester was really the Earl of Gloster . |
| 16 | All I did know was that Scamp took a few steps forward into the street while stuffing home fresh cartridges . |
| 17 | All I did say is that ca n't see us out here . |
| 18 | Erm , first of all I did promise to you that I 'd give you some idea of the sort of material would be on next week 's erm multiple guess questions , okay ? |
| 19 | That was about all I did have , but it was n't much to pay for peace and a future of freedom . |
| 20 | I wonder how many she did have ? " |
| 21 | All she did know was that she had n't seen the last of him by a long chalk ! |
| 22 | Well I I I would n't er pin point the German attitude on this one , I mean after all we did collaborate with Germany very successfully on the tornado which has a nuclear role but the the four governments must first of all decide if that is what we want to build into this aeroplane and they decided that they did not at that stage . |
| 23 | For perhaps three seconds guilt was all they did feel , the simple , shocked guilt they would have felt before any adult . |
| 24 | That was all they did get … the Gloucester pack huffed and puffed again and blew Bristol down … with Phillips going through for his second try … |
| 25 | He also lived at Pinner and erm then the work dried up and he first of all he did work was a postman at Christmas time , you know just as a thing and then he started you know then he became full time you know . |
| 26 | All he did know at this moment was that it seemed a shame a girl such as Maggie here , with brains , because she was no fool , and a talent such as she had , should be encased in a body that held no appeal . |
| 27 | Yes I mean er when I s er you know when I was on the Q E Two and was chatting with a fella and er he , they 'd been , he 'd obviously been cruising before and was on this cruise and er they were going on the er another Cunard ship a few months later , and it turned out that he was a hotelier who 'd bought a hotel in Swanage some years ago , I think he 'd had about seven bedrooms when he bought it and he gradually extended it , I forget how many he did tell me , and then he had a bit of a heart er attack and er his doctor told him to , you know , well if I were you I 'd just pack in your job which he did and that was about fifteen years ago he was I du n no if he was eighty or he was approaching eighty if he was n't and was in pretty good form , he was dancing , and er , you know , I mean there money 's no object . |
| 28 | Erm I say I do n't know how many he did have . |
| 29 | But those I did see seemed to have a harder time . |
| 30 | The fact that some sufferers die of their addictive disease regardless of their awareness of the Anonymous Fellowships is not an argument in favour of the use of other methods of treatment which were manifestly of no help to those who did recover and which can be observed to be of no help to those who still suffer . |