Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [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 | At every gig we went to , there was a woman there — that 's what we wanted , we liked to see women hanging around the star attraction of the group because he was good-looking and he did stand out and look good on stage . |
| 5 | She did her best to try and in to make things a little bit more er interesting and she did start a tennis club up , which was nice because there was nothing at all before then . |
| 6 | Well it 'd show willing if we did get a bit of all on would n't it ? |
| 7 | It 'd be funny if she did fall on her nose . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's being very brave but he did adore her , you know . ’ |
| 9 | The fee for performing at Yeovilton was not high but they did offer free fuel . |
| 10 | The revolution at Northampton may have been different but it did have uncanny echoes of what had gone on at Neath . |
| 11 | He was soft and more used than he dared admit to indolence and good food . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | It is possible that he did kill , but having killed , took thought to cover what he had done . |
| 14 | It 's possible that you did get on the the |
| 15 | Diana , unused to the hurly burly of school life , was quiet and shy although she did have her friend , Alexandra Loyd to keep her company . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Unlike Spurgeon , Parker was a keen and fairly radical Liberal although he did support the Boer War . |
| 18 | It is true that it would not prevent the mortgagee taking possession , though it made his position in some degree uncomfortable if he did take possession . |
| 19 | Erm we did an initial pilot run of nine hundred and seven , er and we had them redirected here which was quite fortunate cos we did find some er previously unthought of errors , erm there were two categories , these are ones where , since the renewal date , they 've had er a decrease erm sorry an increase which meant that erm we 're now quoting on their benefit statement as at last renewal , they 've got today 's er premium which of course is wrong , so we 've had those redirected in future , inside here . |
| 20 | ‘ Suppose Dora 's right and he did kill Gebrec ? |
| 21 | retarded lad that invented all these strange and he did bank robberies with a remote control car . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Fortunately this was a case where I had felt very confident of the remedy and close questioning revealed that her appetite had returned , her chest was n't as tight and she did experience feeling better in herself immediately after taking the medicine . |
| 26 | It would be very it would be very considerate if you did try and answer a little bit briefer alright ? |
| 27 | And , under not a dish but his pillow , folded into his pyjamas : ‘ How 's the bite Bob , sorry but you did ask for it sweetie . ’ |
| 28 | but we stayed home then , yeah I 'm not quite sure where you did go |
| 29 | Nice to see Bruce get injured although he did seem to recover . |
| 30 | Yeah , then you I know , but John I mean you 'd be up for a good couple of grand if you did stick it out . |