Example sentences of "[pron] did [vb infin] a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( OK , so I 'm guilty of psychic breaking and entering on a massive scale , and the occasional bit of arson , but I did deliver a few villains their come-uppances when nobody else could , and I once taught a woman how to fly … ) |
| 2 | It was difficult to see him alone , but I did manage a few times . |
| 3 | I must admit I did recognize a few outfits that me and Nicola used to wear . |
| 4 | oh , well I erm , I did do a few but I 've used most of mine up I think , I can look in the freezer to see if there 's any there , but I do n't think there is |
| 5 | I did need a few stitches , but frequent use of the bidet helped fast healing . |
| 6 | I did have a few lessons , with a lady down the dale called Annie Bayles . |
| 7 | Perhaps I did have a few lucky breaks as an investigator , now and then — and some useful assistance , here and there . |
| 8 | Fortunately I do n't have to do the really dangerous stuff , buteven backstage in the wings I did have a few things falling about me on the last day in Manchester . |
| 9 | The second pitch was n't much better , but I did find a few bolts . |
| 10 | Over the summer I did read a few books and tentatively prepare a few classes , but it was indisputably a pretty lacklustre performance on my part . |
| 11 | Morag French , 27 , is more optimistic about a job , although she did experience a few brief spells of unemployment before entering the hostel a year and a half ago . |
| 12 | She did get a few out of one bag and a few out of another . |
| 13 | Well we did have a few of your funny friends on afterwards saying do you know this man is he he he is er got the best in parties . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I think that they may be frightened to speak up and that they 're scared that if they say something that they do n't know , like a lot of them do n't know the facts , like today , in the same class as Janine across there , some of them did n't know even the very the pro , progression of the male pill or anything like that , and they did learn a few things but a again they never spoke up and they were n't interested , but I |
| 17 | Not that the Russians were much better , but they did have a few of the new German FW190S which Hitler had promised to Stalin as a goodwill gesture over the Poland deal . |
| 18 | However unattractive King James was as a man and a monarch , he did leave a few noble monuments to grace his reign . |
| 19 | . It was a puzzle to me to think that any customers wanted any of these things in the alley he lived , but he did have a few visitors , because he dealt in antiques , he knew a great deal about them … |
| 20 | Both the scale of his operations and the degree of his specialization in financial business made him a unique figure in early Stuart England , though he did have a few other economic irons in the fire : among them , a share in the tobacco monopoly and the export of iron ordnance in the 1620s and huge purchases of East India Company pepper in 1623 and 1628 . |
| 21 | I found out how well after a serious filter failure while away , but it did take a few days for the lethargic specimen to return to full health . |
| 22 | It did take a few minutes to get used to the cutting action of steadying the saw on it shoe , starting the motor , then gradually starting the cut by pivoting down with the blade , but it was a knack soon acquired . |