Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
2 | You actually make up a structure like this tetraneedle carbon we did have another one but er , obviously there 's some students have erm decided to do something different with the er things that 's all that 's left ! |
3 | At that moment I did have some kind of advantage over him , because I knew a little more about some things than he did . |
4 | Point six means that wh just to remind you that when we had the sales conference we did promise these |
5 | Well I strange erm accusation yes we will be , we would keep the council tax down if I am that that would be a popular message to give out and so having accepted our below er the guideline figures they did take this into consideration but we have a budget that has elements of growth in industry . |
6 | Later on in life I did acquire another bike , a Raleigh , and a good , stout little bike it is . |
7 | Yeah page seven er er I think that speaking from memory we did want that made clear that that er was the recognition of the achievements of the groundsman handyman , particularly in relation to the high standards of upkeep in the park . |
8 | Despite the limitations of the survey it did suggest some clear habitat preferences and population trends . |
9 | On the few occasions I did get some time off to go somewhere , there would be photographers everywhere , besieging me at the airport as if I was some international film star going to Hollywood . |
10 | By the time she dared take another look — this time squinting through almost closed eyes — the star 's appearance had completely changed . |
11 | ‘ In retrospect we did make some questionable decisions , ’ Mr Warren told ACCOUNTANCY . |
12 | This booklet was distributed just before met , so in fact er , paragraph two does say at the moment that in our new recommended programme there is n't , well in fact they did agree those recommendations . |
13 | ‘ Well , at the time it did look that way . ’ |