Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] did [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , a new training school has been set up where I did find excellent service , friendly and helpful instructors and a range of aircraft rates which are almost unbelievable . |
| 2 | Where he did have strong personal views , he proved less willing or less able to implement them over the opposition of others . |
| 3 | Although I did hear that accident was n't entirely kosher . ’ |
| 4 | It 's true that I did feel that way at the time . |
| 5 | But there was still a problem about the label Education , and also that I did have such a very large chunk of air-time , 15 per cent of the Channel . |
| 6 | Erm , and i i , I think people quite often feel very bad when they try to stop smoking , I I ha , used to smoke about forty a day and I 've now succeeded in stopped for about four years , but I know that I did have several failures and whe when when you try to stop and and fail you feel extremely bad and low and depressed about yourself , and people probably need quite a lot of support . |
| 7 | I 'd forgotten , it was so long ago , that I did have some happy days among the bad ones . ’ |
| 8 | I 've got to say that I did enjoy this outing ; although the day began with a freezing start it warmed up later and I had a pleasant time working amongst the iron and other junk that abounds on the riverside . |
| 9 | Fortunately Diana was not seriously hurt by the fall although she did suffer severe bruising around her stomach . |
| 10 | Lynda says that she did think long and hard about changing careers — not least about the fact that as a Stoy 's partner she could soon be drawing a six figure profit share , compared to the substantially lower salary she would get at C&R . |
| 11 | The concrete silos that form the view from the airport are not too attractive , but La Rochelle itself and its restaurants in the little streets near the harbour are lovely , although we did get wet during a torrential downpour after dinner . |
| 12 | Although we did receive some sheet music , we mainly got tapes . |
| 13 | Yeah , put that we did do that . |
| 14 | And er what was I going to tell you , I told you about , I talked about we had nine pawnbroker 's shops , I did n't did I , but that we did have nine pawnbroker shops in Ipswich . |
| 15 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 16 | Spending chiefs decided to delay their decision until then , although they did discuss more council spending as well as less . |
| 17 | Ehrich and Koehler ( 1975 ) also produced a script recognition system which did not use real time information in its coding scheme , although they did use some sequence information . |
| 18 | Whether the preface to his treatise in which this comment was made was ever actually read by the society 's members is not known , although they did order two copies of his ‘ two publications on Farriery ’ . |
| 19 | This climate severely limited the ability of opposition groups to mobilize within the existing vertical structure , although they did have some success in getting their candidates elected as workplace representatives and as members of the company council . |
| 20 | It was easy for Draper and White to mock the church fathers for their naiveté on matters of natural philosophy , forgetting that they did have higher concerns — forgetting , too , that their naiveté often reflected the pagan wisdom of their day . |
| 21 | S so then the evidence is that they did know each other , begging what know exactly entails , but that 's not in dispute . |
| 22 | And I felt that they did need some kind of ongoing support . |
| 23 | She said so I said , so they did do that ? |
| 24 | A police spokesman said the house , in Old Road , was up for sale and was unoccupied , although it did contain some furniture . |
| 25 | Their friends told them they were crazy , it sold for a nickel and nobody , they discovered , had the curiosity to buy it although it did make all the local Greenwich Village news-stands . |
| 26 | Although it did envisage some mergers with universities , the emphasis throughout was very much on strengthening the public sector of higher education . |
| 27 | For example , de Gaulle 's December 1944 meeting with Stalin , which led to the signing of a Franco-Soviet pact , did not bring any substantial diplomatic advantage to France ( although it did have favourable domestic repercussions ) . |
| 28 | The statement emphasised that the Black Sea Fleet , comprising some 45 warships and 300 smaller vessels , was not considered to be part of the strategic forces , although it did have nuclear capability . |
| 29 | The aviation business suffered from depressed trading conditions in the industry , although it did win several valuable new contracts . |
| 30 | He was lucky to survive , although he did suffer some permanent damage . ’ |