Example sentences of "and then [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I actually started with eng civil engineer , going round looking for the camp site and then we did tramp the hills . |
| 2 | ‘ There was no traffic for miles , but he looked right and left for about five minutes and then something did come along and he was there for ages . ’ |
| 3 | And then she slopped herself down , got a fag and just about choked me and Auntie Alice out and then she did start to speak . |
| 4 | Yeah , and then she did keep speaking |
| 5 | I just dreamed out of the blue that she had died , and then she did die . |
| 6 | It finished , he tapped his foot , one two three four , and then he did launch into a jig , springy and violent . |
| 7 | Apparently every now and then it did succeed in reaching one of the lower perches , but I never saw it do so and to this day I do n't know how it managed it . |