Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She noticed belligerently that he did add ginger ale to the brandy . |
| 2 | I used to get them various gigs at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street and the Roundhouse , and some dates at universities throughout the country , but there was n't an awful lot coming in although I did succeed in getting him a TV appearance and the producer , who was a good friend of mine , said , ‘ I 'll not have this guy on my programme with long hair ’ . ’ |
| 3 | On one occasion I had some winter clothes brought in and it did take up literally half the visit , sorting all that out , and arguing about what I could and could n't have . |
| 4 | Yeah I know I know it 's got a lot of milk in and I did ask for it for you , but she still give me one like that . |
| 5 | So if we did get Three out of four chances we get a blue . |
| 6 | so if you did fit anything on the back of the head they 'd had the comfort , they know what was wrong like |
| 7 | So if he did take them , it must have been when he was here before . ’ |
| 8 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
| 9 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think so but he did believe the word Raphael contained the name of the traitor . ’ |
| 11 | Herr Nordern was a trifle brusque , not only because he did mind Karl being in his flat at dinner-time , but also because he found his florid manners irritating . |
| 12 | The next day she had the whole thing in perspective again , especially after she did find Louise at lunch and told her as much of the story as she could without mentioning Tom Russell . |
| 13 | So she sent them on immediately , longing to know what they contained and never finding out , but supposing that so long as they did keep coming the worst could not yet have happened . |
| 14 | So when they did say they were definitely going , he said , what he you see , he wanted me to take the Valley shop over . |
| 15 | So when they did consent I worked fast . |
| 16 | So when they did consent I worked fast . |
| 17 | So when I did go it was in secret . |
| 18 | Or at least tell him how to get there , or give him the money to get in when he did get there , or at least lend him a map with a cross marked on it , or give him an address . |
| 19 | To me all the cows looked similar — small and black all over although I did recognize that some had longer horns and a few had none at all . |
| 20 | In fact , if the problem is set within the context of an evidently powerful late-tenth-century Danish monarchy , it is difficult to believe that Harald Bluetooth or his son could not have introduced a naval system had they wished , and when the concern about the country 's southern land defences is remembered , along with the importance that must also have been attached to protection from sea-borne attack , it might seem more likely than not that they did wish . |
| 21 | Not that she did laugh . ’ |
| 22 | Not that she did know where he 'd gone ; she did n't . |
| 23 | Oh hold on , you 've got , you 've got a , you could have a shot at those , but I think at this stage of the game , it 'll be best if you did have a shot at the yellow . |
| 24 | Perhaps it 's for the best if he did take an early retirement . ’ |
| 25 | But anyway if they did phone now I think it 's very bad practice if she 's leaving tomorrow |
| 26 | He did n't help in anyway but he did get a lot |
| 27 | I had come to dread that word — not that I was n't all in favour of efficiency generally but I did feel that there were times when other criteria applied . |
| 28 | There was a firework display going on outside but it did sound very much like a gun , and Yoko absolutely froze . |
| 29 | ‘ It took an awful lot of my powers as Chairman of Academic Review and Resources Committee to steer that course through because it did mean a lot of resource implications that were n't obvious at the beginning . |
| 30 | Furthermore , as soon as he did turn up , Maradona unwisely told the expectant press corps that he thought the World Cup draw had been fixed so that Italy would find itself in an easy group . |