Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [vb infin] [det] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 He says : ‘ I did n't miss years , but I did miss some very important times in their lives .
2 He says : ‘ I did n't miss years , but I did miss some very important times in their lives .
3 I did do that along with Ron and er they were speaking in terms of er a conjurer at under a pound a time and thing of that nature which should then come to a the pensioner 's category at Poole , so I took it back to Stuart and he said oh see what I can do Norman , and at the present moment it rests there because I have n't been able to contact Stuart at the moment owed to the holiday , but I shall be contacting him and hopefully we will also be doing two days , which is the Tuesday and the Thursday , also what they , er , he 's , he 's promised to do is to come half way with the cost of the jazz band , which is a great help .
4 You did do that well !
5 Yeah , she did give some away
6 Or members who were n't here or but we did talk this through in some detail .
7 We did cover that yesterday because obviously it 's an absolutely crucial point , and when we do a one-day course , we actually make people do one minute against the clock .
8 I think a , every so often it 'll be very interesting , very sort of , we did try this once did n't we ?
9 But it , it did and , and I think there again a little bit of Guild influence because when er we were at meetings we would say , well what are you going to do about the er drapery you know and eventually we did get this better erm you know , drapery .
10 Mind you it seemed that they had a test at school last week and he was n't terribly happy with it , he said he could n't understand it , he tried to explain to me what it was , but erm , it 's not , not easy , but Ga Gavin said erm , he said they 'd had a test and he said it took him time to get into it but once he got into it , you know , he did alright in it , I think he said how many he got , he did n't seem to do too badly , but he said Alex did n't really do anything and what he did do he thought was wrong so he did n't hand it in , he said and in actual fact what he had done was right , so I do n't know , I told , I told Alex to go and see , you know , and ask about it and sort of erm , apparently he did do that so at least he 'll know , but erm , it 's strange really because normally Alex
11 But he had a rather military approach to the work and he did run some rather tough courses for some of the boys , so one of the parents complained .
12 He did have some really good stories , ’ said Ann , ‘ and the way he told them — well , he was fun , and we both liked him .
13 Er my Noble my Right Honourable Friend did take account of that and he did agree that hereafter the appointment of the Chairman should not be an appointment made by the Home Secretary , but that shou he should be one made by the full authority and that has I 'm glad to say met with with approval .
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