Example sentences of "did tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did tell you how old I am , did n't I ? ’ |
| 2 | The Ministry did tell us not to waste effort growing flowers , but somehow one always felt they were not quite as right as they might have been on that one . |
| 3 | But I did tell him about Jordi . |
| 4 | However , he did tell me about the Women 's Therapy Centre . |
| 5 | Only one journalist , Mr Bruce Anderson , a former colleague , did tell us precisely and consistently what was going to happen . |
| 6 | However , he did tell Gedge he was having thoughts of leaving , but did not say why . |
| 7 | She did tell you to come straight after tea , did n't she ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Jessica Olinton is in my class at school , and she did tell me she wanted to be a Brownie but her daddy would n't let her . ’ |
| 9 | She never did tell people what they were going to be doing . |
| 10 | ‘ She did tell me she has sensitive eyes . |
| 11 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 12 | ‘ You did tell me . |
| 13 | IF the 31-year-old Nigerian DID tell a lie that embarrassed not only the Chancellor of the Exchequer but the entire Government , why was n't he dismissed , too ? |
| 14 | He did tell Theo that the sketch was suggested to him by a poem of Thomas Hood 's relating the story of a conscience-stricken rich lady who has been to buy a dress and sees an emaciated , consumptive seamstress in a back room of the shop . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , she did tell me in a way . |
| 16 | What Eleanor did tell him however , was that she was about to go on holiday but that she hoped he would come to a meal in her flat when she returned . |
| 17 | ‘ Salesman did tell me sumpin' about a kid from here writing it but I forgot . |
| 18 | Mr Gutteridge said : ‘ Once he did tell me , after we did a report , it would land on the PM 's desk . ’ |
| 19 | When an exasperated Bassett eventually did tell them to shut up , two of them immediately demanded police action because THEY had been offended and an investigation ensued . |
| 20 | My teacher , Mr Taylor , did tell us to do our talk on something we knew about , so I asked if I could bring Dawn in and tell the other kids about what I was doing . |
| 21 | ‘ Doctor Reid did tell me about Tiare 's daughter . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ My cousin did tell you the terms ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ He did tell me he 'd been to the house , ’ I said . |
| 24 | Mr Toubon was one of the few Right-Wing politicians not to criticise the pyjama-striped columns of Daniel Buren erected in the Palais Royal by Mr Lang — but he did tell the artist they were not his favourite work . |
| 25 | ‘ I did tell you not to pull any stunts , ’ Jaq reminded her . |
| 26 | Dennis did tell me but we was too busy … well , you know . ’ |
| 27 | They did not suggest replacing Jacques Attali , the bank 's president , but they did tell him to hurry up and find a strong budget director soon . |
| 28 | No oh you did tell me about it |
| 29 | Yeah I did tell you . |
| 30 | Even if these differences did tell us something about differences in attention to ‘ objectivity ’ , this would not necessarily be the same as attainment of ‘ objectivity ’ , as we saw above in relation to ‘ academic language ’ . |