Example sentences of "[coord] we did [vb infin] a " in BNC.

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1 Yet even so , the dispensary was busy every day , and we did have a great deal of work , dealing with the humdrum , everyday ailments — yaws , measles , ‘ flu and accidents — accepted by the Polynesians with a philosophical resignation , as though they were saying , ‘ This is the price we pay for living in paradise . ’
2 I grew up in an area that did n't have any live theatre to speak of , but we did have a local cinema house , and I was just in awe of this thing called the cinema .
3 But we did have a lot of fun . ’
4 But we did have a church near us , and that church had a school .
5 We did n't have an explosion but we did have a big fire .
6 Very quick it was but we did have a nice bath did n't
7 We did n't actually speak to him but we did get an ‘ all right boys ? ’ as he went past . ’
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