Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 But I do n't want to go around looking for candidates like we did last time .
2 A couple of months later he did come to the Hammersmith Odeon with Bernie and me to see them play I could seethe relief on his face when he realised they really were a band .
3 It 's got about six bedrooms well it did have , not about
4 A few days later I did question Shadwell about the possibility of not being covered in shit for my debut as a professional actor .
5 About two days later she did die , without having been ill or , I understand , having shown any sign of failing .
6 Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector .
7 Their enterprise began as a wholefood store — ‘ we had very little stock but all those years ago we did manage to get organic Basmati rice ’ — with a little tearoom at the back and a Malaysian feast once a week .
8 Er and in several places where he did go because he , he , his supporters were thugs really .
9 Five little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are four green speckled frog , frog , frog , four little speckled frogs , had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was , how now they now there are three green speckled frog , frog , frog , three little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they now there are two green speckled frog , frog , frog , two little speckled frogs had not a speck of luck each little look delicious , yum , yum , yum , they wo n't be made a fool when it was how now now there 's just one green speckled frog , frog , frog , sshh , one little speckled frog had all his speckles off he did look delicious yum , yum , yum , he wo n't be made a fool when it was how now they
10 When Mr Hatton began paying large sums in I did attempt to persuade him to open one , the rate of interest being so desirable , you understand .
11 There were rules when she did find out .
12 There were moments when I did get upset by it , but I never let her see it .
13 She fell into the habit of feeding the boys early , and continued it even on nights when he did come home .
14 In fact , I now know of three occasions when he did use a double . ’
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