Example sentences of "did [pron] [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor , frankly , did I particularly wish to know . |
| 2 | ‘ However , ’ Benjamin stared at Rachel , his face betraying his hurt at being used by her , ‘ only after examining the Templar chapel following Damien 's death did I really begin to suspect Mistress Rachel . |
| 3 | ‘ Did I really have to take my exam in that tunic ? ’ writes Gill Hill . |
| 4 | When did I ever ask to see the Chief Rabbit before ? " |
| 5 | Oh something that Dr did you not want to speak to the team about John ? |
| 6 | ‘ Okay then what can I really do for you ? — or did you just want to talk about old times ? ’ |
| 7 | Did you just want to have a little wander ? |
| 8 | Did you even try to get it out or did you just think oh well ? |
| 9 | He strode to her , eyes blazing , and shouted , ‘ Why did you specifically come to see me the minute you found out I had my own investment bank ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Alfred , ’ he said , plucking up courage , ‘ did you really threaten to kill Sir Thomas ? ’ |
| 11 | " My goodness , Hazel , " said Blackberry , " did you really want to silflay ? |
| 12 | ‘ Did you really expect to stay healthy , living rough as you have been doing , not eating enough , I expect — ’ |
| 13 | Did you really expect to find your mother on the first day ? |
| 14 | ‘ And did you really have to show them to everybody ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And did you really conspire to depose him ? ’ |
| 16 | Go home and think how it all happened and what did you ever do to stop it ? ’ |
| 17 | The erm , shapes , did you ever have to do that with the thingy in the middle ? |
| 18 | ‘ When did you ever get to give Julia Roberts one ? ’ |
| 19 | And what sort of things did you actually do to help the national hunger marchers then ? |
| 20 | EXPERIMENTAL If so , what did you actually do to provide evidence that might persuade your reader ? |
| 21 | Erm , if we can just talk a bit about the the the activities , the question of the demonstrations against unemployment , what did you actually do to aid those demonstrations ? |
| 22 | What what what did you actually have to do ? |
| 23 | And ‘ Did you always want to run a business ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Why did she suddenly decide to go out tonight ? |
| 25 | Why did she always have to fuck herself … |
| 26 | The ugly , unwanted question appeared in her mind : did she really want to live with someone who lied to her ? |
| 27 | Did she really want to believe herself in love with a man like that ? |
| 28 | But did she really want to belong to them ? |
| 29 | And on the second count , now that she 'd virtually made up her mind to visit the warehouse tonight , did she really want to discover the truth , after all … ? |
| 30 | Did they really mean to choose me ? |