Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 In addition to these , blend dare has also been found with the bare infinitive in a number of other categorizable contexts , all of which can also be shown to be somehow non-assertive : ( 59 ) I only wish I dared write to him .
2 I 'm just saying it did jolly well .
3 Yeah he just said you did say I can have some more money , I said well yeah .
4 What criteria should any experiment we made try to meet to satisfy the claim that the process we were studying was a necessary , sufficient and possibly even specific aspect of the memory formation process ?
5 I really believed he did love this suede .
6 Perhaps because I do n't touch-type I did have a problem .
7 ‘ I do n't think they did meet .
8 That 's right , I do n't think they did have a chance first half and we created maybe eight or nine chances , you know , really good clear chances and really we need to be putting more that one away and we need to kill the game off first half when we 're so superior in that sort of performance , you know .
9 ‘ I do n't think you did make a mistake , ’ Ruth told him with resignation .
10 ‘ I do n't think I did think , ’ he admitted softly .
11 ‘ I do n't think he did know , although Robert believes he did . ’
12 Actually I do n't think it did have quite such an impact .
13 Erm anonymous , my son joined the paras five years ago and he was bullied , and another anonymous person from Rugby , my two children were in the army and though they were n't bullied they did see horrific things happening to other lads .
14 Like you go , even saying I did serve quite a bit faster than her , which I do like , you know she still should o i if the bar done seven fifty she should have , she should have done what two , three and a half ?
15 No , so do n't pretend you did know you , you thought he was acting cos you told me he was well plastered .
16 B : I did n't say you did leave it in the car .
17 ‘ I did n't say I did believe you .
18 It is not true I married for a red corduroy jacket belonging to my wife 's father ; but there is no denying he did pass it on to me , as a sort of dowry I believe .
19 ‘ And he did n't actually say he did believe me , either .
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