Example sentences of "[noun pl] but [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd come out on the simple camera-fetching errand without the complete zipped pouch of gadgets but I did have with me the belt holding my knife and the multi-purpose survival tool , and on the back of that tool there was a mirror . |
| 2 | Well I think she felt , as they went I was sitting reading all about horoscopes but they did win . |
| 3 | Bateman was unable to put his name on the League scorers ' list in spite of 32 appearances but he did get an important goal for Palace that season . |
| 4 | Such actions did not infringe the Corrupt Practice Acts but they did make them virtually inoperative . |
| 5 | Er and not many fresh eggs but we did get dried eggs which were , were , it was n't a bad substitute but it was n't the same as a fresh egg but you could scramble them and you could use them for cooking but then you see there was very little fat . |
| 6 | Nonconformity did not will migration into the towns nor the migration out again to the suburbs but it did meet the challenges presented by these mammoth social changes . |
| 7 | She was n't overly interested in showy , materialistic status symbols but she did buy one — her open-topped Mazda car with its distinctive JLG number plate for Julie Louise Godwin . |
| 8 | We did n't see any orchids but we did see some beautiful foxgloves and were lucky enough to catch sight of birds high above . |
| 9 | I can see that perhaps if they want to have a er they may feel they need to stray into other boundaries but I did feel that when I read what Huntingdon district council proposed which was if you like , to completely re-drawing the electoral map for the entire county I was n't actually looking at something that was designed to deal with the interests of the citizens of Huntingdon district council , I was looking at the straightforward political proposal which would be far better to come from a political party than from a district council . |
| 10 | Late in 1988 I purchased a second-hand Toyota KS901 ( we are now the best of friends but it did take a while ) . |
| 11 | He , at least , kept his hands off the Girls but he did flirt with Nellie 's young nieces whom he would take out on the quiet . |
| 12 | but they were much more interested in people of course with degrees but they did take people who had n't . |