Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I say existed for ten years , er I I did make a slight mistake in that for ten years erm the village . |
| 2 | Paula explains : ‘ I did make a conscious decision about ten years ago . |
| 3 | I did make a big mistake there , though . |
| 4 | Then , as I looked back at the dark , inscrutable carob tree , I did feel a faint touch of fear . |
| 5 | The feeling swept over me that I had truly left Darlington Hall behind , and I must confess I did feel a slight sense of alarm — a sense aggravated by the feeling that I was perhaps not on the correct road at all , but speeding off in totally the wrong direction into a wilderness . |
| 6 | Though admittedly I did feel a brief uneasiness when I remembered that odd floating movement of Sergia 's . |
| 7 | Guinness I did represent a Pyrrhic victory for the SFO : after six months of evidence and five days of deliberations the jury found all four defendants guilty . |
| 8 | So this is the same idea and if there 's a star Something that I did see a wee while ago , I saw a f a light very close down to the horizon and I said I 've never seen a star so bright way down there . |
| 9 | and er you see and , and anyway I finished up my holiday and the sergeant said , he kept his promise and er sent me a report over the newspaper , you see , and er and of course and I liked the Isle of Man , you know , I went for trips around the island and various places and er , and I did see a Manx cat |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I did get a terrible cold after Christmas . ’ |
| 11 | I did work a little while at first with the girl who had the job . |
| 12 | Mind you , I did buy a fair bit of vegetables . |
| 13 | I did circulate a brief note to everyone before Christmas because it became clear in our autumn debrief meeting that there was some confusion about suggestion forms , and whet . |
| 14 | Actually I did have a good party once . |
| 15 | But I did have a certain regard for Peter Ennalls , if you can remember him . " |
| 16 | And I did have a splendid evening , spending most of the time with a red haired sergeant who seemed to appreciate my sense of humour — in fact , I thought we were getting on so well that I was disappointed when the evening ended and he did n't make any arrangements to see me again . |
| 17 | But I did have a small solace . |
| 18 | You 're never going to make me sound like a human being , because people like to think I 'm Dracula 's mother but I did have a rotten time at the start and it 's only just getting better . |
| 19 | Oh , oh , I did have a quick one in there yes . |
| 20 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 21 | However , in compensation I did find a nice silver hammered halfpenny of Henry V and a few rose farthings . |
| 22 | Great , okay Nick , thanks for that , we 'll come back to you in just a moment , but I did promise a racing competition . |
| 23 | So you did feel a great urge to conceive or bear a child yourself ? |
| 24 | ‘ And I loved you from the moment I walked into the factory , even if you did have a false impression of me . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ said Uncle Albert hesitantly , ‘ it would certainly cap everything we 've been doing if you did find a black hole . |
| 26 | When I did the first two talks , Dawn was n't trained enough to fly , though on the second she did manage a short hop , but by the time this big lecture came along she was flying on the creance . |
| 27 | She wished she could lay claim to a migraine but knew that Betty would not let her , that anyway even she could not be so mannerless as to absent herself from her own picnic , and that even if she did have a blinding migraine she would still have to go . |
| 28 | For example , you could discover whether the employee 's watch was faulty , or whether she did have a regular hair appointment on Friday . |
| 29 | Despite her irritating affectations , she did have a genuine flair for divining quality in both literature and the visual arts . |
| 30 | Bunny says she 's quite an asset , even if she did have a disturbed schooling . ’ |