Example sentences of "[adv] did [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | by the way if we ever did do that stay with aunty Mary , right , then she came back with us |
| 2 | She probably did remember that incident on the beach . |
| 3 | Of course , this a justified objection ; and I am ready to concede that in most historical examples one might like to point out things probably did happen that way round . |
| 4 | He really did love this land . |
| 5 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 6 | The ‘ false dawn of courtesy ’ was over and the pupils really did accept each other . |
| 7 | The movie that provoked most debate around rape and its representation before The Accused , was Lamont Johnson 's 1976 film Lipstick , which at least did make some attempt to make connections between the rape and the wider social implications of how society constructs images of women . |
| 8 | ‘ We never did finish that weeding , did we ? |
| 9 | Admittedly , the ‘ eat shit — a million flies ca n't be wrong ’ argument never did hold much water , but when every single person in the place is singing ‘ Altogether Now ’ or ‘ Love See No Colour ’ , waving their arms and jumping about , with sweat dripping from the walls , you 'd have to be a hell of a snob not to be slightly moved . |
| 10 | ‘ On my soul , ’ sighed Thomas , injured but patient , ‘ 1 never did see any fellow could find all the devil 's arguments like you . |
| 11 | But he never did ask any man for directions ; he walked and he walked . |
| 12 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |
| 13 | Never did like that group … |