Example sentences of "[subord] we [adv] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were soon visual and able to locate the airfield , where once again the radio was not manned , so we never did get a weather report . |
| 2 | What would it mean if we actually did discover the ultimate theory of the universe ? |
| 3 | by the way if we ever did do that stay with aunty Mary , right , then she came back with us |
| 4 | ‘ We 've never closed a store , but if we ever did close that one , we would be happy to restore the land for industrial use . ’ |
| 5 | Some tyre levers and allan keys were missing but by driving slowly back I ( or rather we , as I 'd offered some fellow tourists a lift back to town ; what with delays getting started , and then this to-do , I bet they wished they 'd never bothered , it would have been quicker to walk ! — and when we finally did set off again , I accidentally left one of them behind , running along the road behind us waving and shouting ! ) — we , as I say , found most of the missing items . |
| 6 | When we finally did make it back to the ground , palpitating and soaked with sweat , there was no sign of Ranteallo , and much of the crowd had already dispersed on its way back to the Rante . |