Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pron] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er but we can write these with some f flexibility , and erm there is a deferred income version , where you can run it so you were say you did n't need income five years , you can run it for five years , then la then leave it erm and just take the annuity income as er as , as er regular income . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're really thirty , ’ said Catriona , trying to sound as if she were pretending she did n't believe it . |
| 3 | Early efforts to become involved in multi-agency approaches to crime and associated topics were painful experiences … we wanted to maintain the lead in every forum , to be the gatekeepers of power and have the right of veto if decisons were made which did not suit us . ’ |
| 4 | It was rarely possible to unambiguously identify incorrect memories , where descriptions were produced which did not clearly correspond to any junction on the video there was usually no way to decide what event the description represented an incorrect memory for . |
| 5 | He did not want to take life seriously , and he felt his relationship with Constance — and her independence — were forcing him to do so . |
| 6 | If they were told they did n't go , they certainly got some help . |
| 7 | But shortly before the general election , local authorities throughout Britain were told they did not have to go ahead and that a second period of consultation was to be held . |
| 8 | ‘ Very early on we were told you did n't mess around with food — even if it was crumbs , my mother would do something with them . |
| 9 | So most rooms were papered you did n't leave the walls just painted ? |
| 10 | What they were going I do n't know . |
| 11 | I liked the bit when you were going I do n't know what to do |
| 12 | When we were born we did n't have this difficulty — we did things how we felt like , when we felt like and where we felt like . |
| 13 | When I reminded them that only an hour ago they were saying they did n't fancy any more , they looked genuinely irritated . |
| 14 | He 's some foreigner thing , but they were saying they do n't allow them to talk to the customers that 's it , you do n't talk false stop , no hows , whys or whatever , you do n't talk |
| 15 | ‘ The English players were saying I did n't play in England that I was fat . |
| 16 | all my staff were crying which did n't help |
| 17 | It did n't matter what you were buildin' they did n't want it . ’ |
| 18 | actually er as it were fused I do n't mean that sort of fuse , I mean |
| 19 | However , when the garment was completed I did n't like it and took the decision to unpick the whole thing . |
| 20 | He was singing I do n't know why I love you , but I do , and a holiday couple in shades of beige were making it a waltz of dance-class precision . |
| 21 | But there were mistakes and sometimes a wrong tune was precented which did not fit the words , and on one or two occasions the congregation took up a tune of their own which was not intended in my precenting . |
| 22 | When I was sentenced I did n't even know what two years meant . |
| 23 | ‘ It was felt they did n't really measure up . |
| 24 | When Mr George was said he did n't want to give evidence , the judge , Mr Justice Auld , said he had a duty to give evidence … he should sit down and prepare for it . |
| 25 | And William looked at him with an odd expression , and at first Preston thought he really did n't remember or was pretending he did n't , but then he smiled , even more oddly , and said , ‘ The Devil . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I was astonished when I was told they did n't want anyone from Scotland for they were only taking on Irish staff . |
| 27 | People say they 're sad it 's not used , but when it was used they did n't come . |
| 28 | Historically , these gases were called inert because it was thought they did not form any chemical compounds . |
| 29 | When John Logie Baird was born I do not doubt that a star stood over the little saviour 's cradle . |
| 30 | Although I was complimented it did not prevent my being officer of the watch . |