Example sentences of "[pron] do [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said I neglected things , it did n't matter what I did it was never good enough . " |
| 2 | They were not instructed to do so by the apostles and their doing it was not a condition of membership of the church community . |
| 3 | And then you can you know , I mean , technically we have expanded cos if you look in in a couple of years there was me and you doing it was n't there ? |
| 4 | Another is that co-operating individuals jointly benefited even though they were not related ; the co-operative behaviour has evolved because those who did it were more likely to survive as individuals and reproduce than those that did not . |
| 5 | She said she knew nothing of a sectarian feud in the old days of Stormy Hill but if she did it was not the kind of thing you discussed with strangers , I sensed . |
| 6 | Becky did n't answer at once , and when she did it was very quietly . |
| 7 | She only managed to hail a taxi after fifteen minutes of running , and when she did she was almost afraid that he would not drive her because of her soaked condition , but , after a stream of highly ominous muttering in French , he finally let her in . |
| 8 | Brotherston 's data for Scotland showed that working-class mothers were not only less likely to attend ante-natal clinics than middle-class mothers , but that when they did they were also less likely to make early bookings — a fact which he considers relevant to infant mortality . |
| 9 | They never did know or if they did they were n't saying . |
| 10 | But she , she had to have two because the , the first one they did it was n't , it was n't exactly what they wanted |
| 11 | Clearly they were not the sort of married couple that was used to communicating by letter , and when they did it was only rarely that anything illuminating was said . |
| 12 | They quarrelled hardly at all and when they did it was almost always because Roland expressed concern about Val 's reserve with the world in general , her refusal to advance opinions in class , and later , even to him . |
| 13 | Or if they did it was so modern that nobody got to hear about it . |
| 14 | and the second time she had it done it was very unfortunate because I |
| 15 | Used to go out bloody stupid and he use to have these called Philip and he did he was always on Philip . |
| 16 | Once a good director , now a cheerful but notorious lush , he seldom worked nowadays and when he did it was only television . |
| 17 | Corbett rarely lost his temper and when he did it was always a pleasure to watch . |
| 18 | He did n't lose his temper very often , but when he did it was always with Gesner , and it was dramatic . |
| 19 | While he was painting , Modigliani barely looked at his model , ‘ or if he did it was merely to check against his portrait . |
| 20 | It was not just that the Old King possessed the greater resources — which he did -he was also able to overwhelm his enemies by sheer speed of movement . |
| 21 | ‘ In the first innings , I waited for something to happen , and it did I was back in the pavilion for a duck ! |
| 22 | The defenders pushed at the makeshift scaling ladders , and at least one went crashing back down into the crowd below ; but those who exposed themselves to do it were immediately the target of a dozen archers . |
| 23 | Me that did n't know what to do I was n't gon na participate . |