Example sentences of "[pers pn] did [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | I did n't do so , but I did make another suggestion . |
3 | It 's true that I did feel that way at the time . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | I did answer that question . |
7 | 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 |
8 | Later on in life I did acquire another bike , a Raleigh , and a good , stout little bike it is . |
9 | See , I did go last week |
10 | I moved from Nazeing into Harlow because my house was condemned at Nazeing and I had to come into a Council house at , and erm , from I had erm , when I came from Nazeing I had erm , three sons three sons then and when I got to , I 'd been here a year and then I had another son and after that er , when he was about two years and four months I had a daughter , but unfortunately I lost her with heart trouble and er she only lived four months and I lost her and er , er I stayed there , stayed there and , in and after that I moved to because it was a bit larger house for my family you see and from erm I was there several years and er stayed there and I had erm oh first of all I , I had my twins , my twin boys after I lost the daughter , I had twin boys and they , I went to I suppose about two years and four months between and I wanted to adopt a little girl but they would n't let , my hubby said no and so then I er , sort of see if I get a little girl and I had twin boys did n't I , and I 'm still in , I 'm in and after er after I had the twins when I was about er forty two if I did had another boy which is the one I 've got , the last one up there of my eight , I ended up with eight boys |
11 | The same as I did mention last week , . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ We have time , and indeed I did mark this lady waiting in your anteroom . |
16 | But I did write one thing at school , the school pantomime , which nobody wanted to be in anyway . |
17 | Well , I , I , mean I have been in before and I did say last time we were n't very happy , . |
18 | I did say happy birthday to her . |
19 | I did wish this book were longer , but it 's a perfect short bedtime read which cheers tired eyes and ears . |
20 | Enid : No , but I did get some pleasure from the abuse . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | I did get some seed from Botanical Gardens , of their Plantain . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Although I did hear that accident was n't entirely kosher . ’ |
27 | Well I did hear that point , it 's , it 's interesting because in fact Lithuania er President Boris Yeltsin signed an agreement in July , er which effectively Russia recognise Lithuania as an independent state , it was the second country in the world to do that , er all of this was sorted out in a very er , good , er peaceful , sensible way , there , obviously Russia has concerns in Lithuania er not least the district . |
28 | ‘ I did have one idea , ’ Dougal said . |
29 | ‘ Oh , I remember now , ’ she said : ‘ I did have one dream , just as I was waking up . |
30 | and even if you think no I would n't really spend the money to make myself more beautiful , you think , oh maybe , if I really , if I did have that money would I do it ? |