Example sentences of "one [noun sg] [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was difficult to see any change in her , muffled as she was in coat and scarves , but one change he did recognize . |
| 2 | And then that one conservative who did go and do it , he swapped places with people who were on the dole , and he went and lived up in Newcastle . |
| 3 | One question I did ask at the Fire and Public Protection Committees what happens when you do n't , when we bring in a unity authority status . |
| 4 | One object which did escape episcopal control was the relic of the True Cross , secured by the ex-queen Radegund , for her nunnery of the Holy Cross at Poitiers . |
| 5 | The court heard many potential eye witnesses in the pub had been imtimated and one man who did give evidence claimed a hit man had been paid twenty thousand pounds to kill him . |
| 6 | The one man who did know was the Prince of Wales . |
| 7 | At the time , the red herrings were too numerous to tabulate , but one man who did receive the most meticulous scrutiny of Inspector Berret , was called Walter Candy . |
| 8 | One thing which did impress was the cleanliness of everything . |
| 9 | One thing we did discuss at committee but I think it ought to be put to the A G M we discussed the increase in the cost of er , admission erm we held our prices down for at least a couple of years we had a heavy outlay on cushions I do feel that erm we ought to put in to the meeting what we discussed at committee that be raised from two fifty and one twenty five to three pounds and two pounds for the concessions including students and erm the youngsters . |
| 10 | One thing we did know for sure was that it was not keep-fit exercises that we needed but homes that were ‘ fit ’ to live in and incomes or benefits that prevented us from having to choose between dying from hypothermia or malnutrition ! |
| 11 | One thing I did appreciate in almost all the French and German restaurants I ate in , was the happy absence of Muzak . |
| 12 | One thing I did learn from loving Paul was that I was n't in love with David . |
| 13 | One thing I did excel at was tennis . |
| 14 | But one thing she did say was that our friend Fernie is going around telling everyone Connon killed his wife . |
| 15 | One thing she did know however was that she was n't running after him . |
| 16 | She did n't know what she was waiting for , a miracle perhaps , because one thing she did know , and that was that Patsy was right . |
| 17 | One thing she did know , she was not going to attract the attention of the men out there beyond the panels of the door . |
| 18 | One thing she did know , however — there were no roots here for her , nothing to find . |
| 19 | One thing he did want was money , enough of it , and pretty soon : ‘ Without money you miss most of the pleasures and lose most of the time , and do n't let's pretend otherwise . ’ |
| 20 | And one thing he did know about the real Sandra was that she had a very low tolerance for boredom , and that she got bored very easily . |
| 21 | However , one aspect I did like is the way you can select merge codes from menu choices rather than having to remember the correct syntax yourself . |
| 22 | ‘ This is one show I did enjoy immensely … together they make a sophisticated irresistible team . ’ |
| 23 | She rarely attempted to create new routines but one idea she did think up had painful consequences . |
| 24 | One feature which did unite the profession was the need to retain the market for private practitioners and not allow lawyers from neighbourhood law centres to encroach : |
| 25 | ( One time we did scrape the black paint off the windows at the back and we served tea and pastries in the afternoon and had no music , but that was n't a great success with us . |
| 26 | At one time it did displace crime . |
| 27 | One fact I did recognize and hang on to was that late afternoon was the best time to find a young mother at home . |