Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | To risk his job — and Sir Daniel had made it very clear that he did risk it — was a courageous thing to do when you considered how few editors ' chairs there were on the Street . |
2 | I 'd just like to make this perfectly clear that I did write a draft for work and leisure . |
3 | Obviously , one can not accept anything that Philby says since he would have a vested interest in causing mischief amongst the British security services , but it is interesting that he did volunteer the suggestion that MI6 was involved . |
4 | ‘ Now , it 's perfectly possible that he did discover Nicola was having an affair a couple of weeks ago but only threw out the photos last night . |
5 | It is possible that he did kill , but having killed , took thought to cover what he had done . |
6 | It 's possible that you did get on the the |
7 | And Otis is relieved that he did take out the extra cover , because , in September in 1989 , just five months after he bought the car , he had an accident . |
8 | I am glad that he did answer it , as I wanted to ask him this : has he learnt any lessons from the report , particularly those related to ability streaming ? |
9 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
10 | It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will . |
11 | It is evident that he did live there in his later years as the Minutes of 1771 agree to provide his successor with lodgings in Chelsea , ‘ until such time as Mr. Miller has quit his apartments in the greenhouse ’ . |
12 | Sir Ranulph , said : ‘ I 'm amazed that we did do it … |
13 | Other matters arising on page eight , you 'll see on item one three four that we did investigate the possibility , did we , have we got a response on that , of an officer being part of the joint care planning team . |
14 | It 's true that I did feel that way at the time . |