Example sentences of "[adv] what [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she had no intention of telling him just what she did think of him , not that it would have made sense , anyway — either to him or , more importantly , to herself . |
| 2 | But that was exactly what they did want , a whole album . |
| 3 | Oh , if only she knew exactly what she did want ! |
| 4 | Not only , said Nicky , was this proof positive of the Englishness — indeed the Lancashireness — of Griffiths 's voice , but Griffiths had also said that if cornered in future he would shoot his way out rather than submit to arrest — exactly what he did do . |
| 5 | ‘ That was exactly what I did intend to do . |
| 6 | But of course this was inevitably what we did do . |
| 7 | Well what he did say was do n't you know do n't go over the top in criticizing that because |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't mean … you know … ’ she said feebly , and the waif-like expression on her strained face made it difficult to grasp immediately what she did mean . |
| 9 | One Sunday morning , that was precisely what they did want . |