Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [vb infin] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 2 | I did dream about some kittens the other night , there was |
| 3 | ( I did think about that one . ) |
| 4 | Truth be told , I ca n't really remember what I did do in those six months . |
| 5 | I did consult with many other people ; my thanks to all of them even if their suggestions could not be taken up . |
| 6 | Secondly I did write to all the members of the Council about the issue of the British National Corpus and their desire to have a record of English as she is spoke and their is a gentleman from here today , if you would care to stand up to identify yourself please . |
| 7 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 8 | I did deal with that matter er originally and I believe that the the state , the er answer to the question was available precisely at three thirty today . |
| 9 | I did touch on this problem a good many years ago in an essay I wrote on the death of a great music-hall artist , Marie Lloyd . |
| 10 | I did wonder about that . |
| 11 | Yeah well I did wonder about that |
| 12 | On 16th February 1991 whilst my husband was serving in the Gulf on Operation Granby , I was invited to attend a function at the Corporals Mess ’ — in a particular regiment which , of course , I shall not mention — ’ which I did attend with some of my friends . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I did look at that , Robert . |
| 14 | Erm I did know at that particular time know what it was to have holes in my shoes , and a piece of cardboard put into it to protect your foot from the hole . |
| 15 | And suppose I did get through all they 'd say is it 's nothing to do with them they were n't even in the Company at that time — and how many of them were ? ’ |
| 16 | I did hear of that . |
| 17 | I did hear of some people who had trouble getting tickets and that there was a delay in receiving them — some apparently not arriving until the week or even the day before the start but that is the sort of thing which can be learnt from and things will improve on future all-ticket matches . |
| 18 | Yes I did i well I did hear of several things to stop having them but over the first actually . |
| 19 | If people told me that was all well and good but if they did n't , but I did hear about this erm er she did the operation on the girl who er who could n't get rid of her baby , and then it , she lo she sent she sent a telegram to her husband or a letter er it took a long while to come from the Far East , he was in the Far East . |
| 20 | I did worry about that cos I do n't think |
| 21 | ‘ No , I can honestly say that the facts are correct : I am thirty-two , I did live for many years in Scotland , and yes , I do head one of the largest investment corporations in the country . ’ |
| 22 | I did notice with some interest that particular survey . |
| 23 | I did notice in that they sell , sell erm cushion covers with the sofas |
| 24 | What I , what er , I in fact , what , what I did notice in that time that I was there , was that er , when you talk about the old guard , the young people , anybody under forty er they were a little bit cynical about this communism lark and Lenin and the rest of it , they all went to say , they would all go to Lenin 's er statue and in effect have a blessing from Lenin , we went along with them on one occasion , very pleased to do it , but you you got the impression that the younger generation were already in 1982 and the people now that are out there with Yeltsin were shying away from communism , now the thing is this that Gorbachev came along in my opinion exactly at the right time and tried to move things a little our way a little way from the hardline , which obviously could n't be sustained . |
| 25 | Well what would you say Joy , because you did touch on this in your , in your comments ? |
| 26 | If you did get in any trouble there was this man , Joe , and he was a really big hard man , he was a black-belt in karate and everything , and he really did mentally and physically terrify the girls . |
| 27 | Yeah but you did say on that base oh well you pay tax but obviously you must do as well then |
| 28 | We did think about this point last night . |
| 29 | Yeah we did talk about that . |
| 30 | I , I , maybe before we start that , on the point of reductions , and I 'll ask both er , George and , and er , Jean and Mike to , to speak for the different political groups , as part of the P A G , erm , when we did go through this process , I , I mean it was very difficult for us as a P A G. |