Example sentences of "[det] did [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thing I noticed was that they 're all close questions , you like the area , now Martin was very fair to you because you , he was very me most you could 've got very much did you move because of your , yes . |
| 2 | Well I was watching one of those Antique Road Shows quite recently and I found a chap got one of those little sort of two inch diameter one inch high chamber pots and he said and where did you get this and she said er at a car boot sale and he said and how much did you pay and she said twenty five P . |
| 3 | So much did he dread that his own was a case of ‘ redemption by parricide ’ that he emphasized the unwillingness with which he accepted the divine call with language which is exaggerated and almost coarse . |
| 4 | How many did we have when we bought it ? |
| 5 | Little did we know that it would result in one of the most amazing periods of any of our lives — including David 's I 'm sure . |
| 6 | Little did we know that around Suva it 's second nature . ’ |
| 7 | Little did they guess that in a few years ' time they would be telling their friends and relatives about the superstar who used to live next door in the suburbs . |
| 8 | Little did they think that it would still be going , if only just , well over 100 years later . |
| 9 | Little did they know that it was for the pocket of Mr S. Caplan . |
| 10 | Little did they know that shortly after the conference their services would be required in the lounge of a local public house by a group of frustrated dykes and an infuriated publican . |
| 11 | Little did they know that what Koo was in fact telling Mo was much more to do with the Royal Wee . |
| 12 | Little did they know that they would be stepping into Hunter and Rae Brown 's shoes less than a year later ! |
| 13 | Little did they know that that was the last thing the kickers were intending to do , for what is the point of conceding a lineout that the opponents will probably win ? |
| 14 | LITTLE did they know as they lazed by the pool that the roof was about to fall in . |
| 15 | Little did they realize that the individual was crucifying herself inside ’ . |
| 16 | Little did I think that the one-time pretty young copy typist would end up bellowing in my ear . |
| 17 | Little did I realise that I would end my ministerial career by spending much of my time on the Welsh Grand Committee . |
| 18 | Little did I know that I was hooked . |
| 19 | This was exciting enough , but little did I know that after noon how much more exciting hunting rabbits with a hawk could be . |
| 20 | Little did I know that my brief interlude in the north would stretch to eight years , bring me many more undreamed of adventures at sea in fantastic scenery and make me many very good lifelong friends in the islands of the West . |
| 21 | ‘ Little did I know that this was just the tip of an Iceberg , frozen on chat shows , enlarged on British Telecom commercials and now floating treacherously towards me . |
| 22 | Little did I know that I would be confronted with the loss of a loved one , my husband Norman , so soon and unexpectedly . |
| 23 | Little did I imagine that such a move was destined for me within the next two years . |
| 24 | The principles of the NBS , brainchild of A1 Garden Aquaria 's Peter Oakes , were outlined in last month 's column , but little did I imagine that the device itself would be in my hands so soon afterwards , let alone up and running in time for this update . |
| 25 | ‘ Little did she know that she had just landed one of the world 's greatest exponents of ‘ leap before you look ’ as a buyer , or she 'd probably have persuaded you to buy London Bridge and a stake in a Peruvian gold-mine at the same time . ’ |
| 26 | My mother nearly died when she saw the mess but little did she know that I was going to do it all again the next day . |
| 27 | Little did he realise that doubling up 63 times produces an astronomical total ( 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 ) ; there was n't that much corn in the entire world ! |
| 28 | Little did he know that , for the saddest of reasons , he was going to be thrust into the national , even international spotlight . |
| 29 | Little did he know that it was n't a smile , but a grimace of pain . |
| 30 | Little did he know that years later he would have his own pool in a luxury Florida-based mansion . |