Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told Malpass he could find me at Stuart Street and , for a couple of streets , I did head that way . |
| 2 | And though I did hold passionate beliefs , I was a bit young to express them all . |
| 3 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
| 4 | Anyway , all I can say is , I did make some notes somewhere , I think I put them in my pocket , or maybe ( silence ) . |
| 5 | It 's true that I did feel that way at the time . |
| 6 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 7 | Mind you , I did think last year the grant was down too low , at eight hundred thousand , but that was the amount they put in , it was two point eight , I think , to start with , and two million pounds offered in the end . |
| 8 | I did answer that question . |
| 9 | Tell you what I did watch one night in the week on Sky was erm they 've er they 've done a feature on erm all these karate actors , you know , the best ones |
| 10 | Later on in life I did acquire another bike , a Raleigh , and a good , stout little bike it is . |
| 11 | See , I did go last week |
| 12 | The same as I did mention last week , . |
| 13 | Erm it has become worse in a way that er we did , I did experience some sort of er , er racial intolerance er with the youth , but the middle-aged and the er m older people were very , very er tolerant I had to ask er when I could n't find my way , ask my way to certain places and er there was an that er the lady just walked by me er with me and she , she said I 'll have to walk with you you ca n't find it . |
| 14 | I did phone one company whose machine had a good write-up but the purchase price had increased by £50 and there was a five week delay . |
| 15 | I 'm just wondering er the statutory instruments we 're passing tonight er and I did raise this point to the minister about the drain on the private sector every time a rule and regulation is passed . |
| 16 | ‘ We have time , and indeed I did mark this lady waiting in your anteroom . |
| 17 | But I did write one thing at school , the school pantomime , which nobody wanted to be in anyway . |
| 18 | Well , I , I , mean I have been in before and I did say last time we were n't very happy , . |
| 19 | I did say happy birthday to her . |
| 20 | But I did see black guillemots swimming down in the bay , and a gully full of boulders where they probably nest . ’ |
| 21 | I did see some tits in there , yeah . |
| 22 | I did wish this book were longer , but it 's a perfect short bedtime read which cheers tired eyes and ears . |
| 23 | Enid : No , but I did get some pleasure from the abuse . |
| 24 | On the few occasions I did get some time off to go somewhere , there would be photographers everywhere , besieging me at the airport as if I was some international film star going to Hollywood . |
| 25 | I did get some seed from Botanical Gardens , of their Plantain . |
| 26 | ‘ I did get some interviews but I would be so paralysed I could n't do myself justice . |
| 27 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 28 | However , since the silhouette of the Opera House is at its best from this vantage point , I did try some sunrise pictures , which gave a glorious red sky , and allowed the black shape of the Opera House itself to hide the diggings in the foreground . |
| 29 | However , since the silhouette of the Opera House is at its best from this vantage point , I did try some sunrise pictures , which gave a glorious red sky , and allowed the black shape of the Opera House itself to hide the diggings in the foreground . |
| 30 | Although I did hear that accident was n't entirely kosher . ’ |