Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] 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 | 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | It is possible that he did kill , but having killed , took thought to cover what he had done . |
| 13 | It 's possible that you did get on the the |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Unlike Spurgeon , Parker was a keen and fairly radical Liberal although he did support the Boer War . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ Suppose Dora 's right and he did kill Gebrec ? |
| 20 | retarded lad that invented all these strange and he did bank robberies with a remote control car . |
| 21 | 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 ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 25 | It would be very it would be very considerate if you did try and answer a little bit briefer alright ? |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | but we stayed home then , yeah I 'm not quite sure where you did go |
| 28 | Nice to see Bruce get injured although he did seem to recover . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | As their only match preparation for the Test , it was patently inadequate but it did alert them to the vast difference between the cricketing conditions and environment in the Caribbean and those in Australia and New Zealand where they had performed so impressively in gaining the semi-finals of the World Cup . |