Example sentences of "[adv] but [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it would 've been a bit better but I did enjoy it , I did enjoy it . |
| 2 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think so but he did believe the word Raphael contained the name of the traitor . ’ |
| 4 | He did n't help in anyway but he did get a lot |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There was a firework display going on outside but it did sound very much like a gun , and Yoko absolutely froze . |
| 7 | ‘ Not directly but we did find out that Inez had been getting letters with Spanish stamps . ’ |
| 8 | Ah I did win s it was before , before Tasha and John got married it was er one of these catalogues that came through you see anyway I sent the thing back and I got the catalogue and they wanted some things out and you get twenty five pounds off whatever you ordered , the first order , so quite alright but I did win something out of that draw twenty five P |
| 9 | erm no doubt there 'll be lots of inquests as to why and what and everything else but we did lose that and we lost it badly and from then onwards the outcome was pretty inevitable bearing in mind the erm views of the independent . |
| 10 | I was n't partisan politically but I did think that choice was important , whether it was which brand you chose or which person you decided to deride . |