Example sentences of "i [adv] did [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I always did admire the Eastern approach to these matters . |
| 2 | I always did like a challenge . |
| 3 | Well , they did during the Underground strikes , and I honestly did know a young brat-race type who went to work in the West End on a unicycle . |
| 4 | ‘ I really did want a femur ’ , he said . |
| 5 | ‘ I really did get a buzz from it and that was bad . |
| 6 | I really did get a bit beyond myself . |
| 7 | In the end , I really did have a good time at College . |
| 8 | I did n't really believe it at first , er , and then I received couple or more phone calls from er various people in the industry who er , who were aware of it and started to congratulate me , and then I realised that it was the truth , that er I really did have a big hit record once again with Blue Velvet . |
| 9 | Whether as Gorbals kid street fighter , trustee of New Scientist , Fellow of the Royal Society or captain of industry , I really did like the man . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , I never did like the colour . ’ |
| 11 | I never did glimpse the queen , but somewhere inside that boiling ball she was , the central data bank , the repository of the master DNA of the whole colony . |
| 12 | Next stop was San Francisco — hidden by smog — and I never did find the Golden Gate Bridge ! |
| 13 | Oh , yes , I never did get a chance to fly that big buzzard . |
| 14 | ‘ He saved me from a fate worse than death , and it was all over so quick I never did get the chance to thank him properly . ’ |
| 15 | I never did get the hang of table tennis but I became quite a useful bantam-weight and once even represented the club against Bethnal Green . |
| 16 | I never did get an answer to that final one . |