Example sentences of "did [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He flicked back the cuff of his jacket to glance at his watch and as he did so he saw that he was still carrying Maidstone 's hat . |
| 2 | Naturally , Greenidge tried to emulate Richards which , when things went well , was fine , but when they did not it meant that , for a while , he gained a reputation for not being over-reliable ; perhaps he suffered from trying to hit the ball too hard , for there were plenty of people who felt that he would have been a better player had he not tried to ‘ bury the ball into the wall of some distant building ’ ( his own words ) at every opportunity . |
| 3 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 4 | Did n't we notice that her voice really was n't that strong when it went right up to the top storey ? |
| 5 | We went to breakfast and Mark Cox was sitting there and he asked us ‘ Did n't we know that there was coup in Russia ? ’ and he told us everything . |
| 6 | Why did n't they last when Edward tried to go further , she wondered ? |
| 7 | Did n't , did n't they mean that as in a period of time they 'd been stuck in the Ark . |
| 8 | There was no question about it — people knew who I was and if they did n't they asked and I told them . |
| 9 | Did n't they realise that mountaineering was a serious business ? |
| 10 | Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ? |
| 11 | ‘ Did n't you realise that after five years it is n't possible to claim on someone 's estate ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did n't you go when I told you to ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Did n't you go and see her ? ’ |
| 14 | Well I know but did n't you go and buy some from that other shop ? |
| 15 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
| 16 | ‘ Did n't you mention that someone had asked to see me ? ’ |
| 17 | One day she cried out to Angel : ‘ Why did n't you stay and love me when I was sixteen … when you danced in Marlott ? |
| 18 | ‘ Someone was supposed to have come up to me and said , ‘ Did n't you know that there are many starving people in Ethiopia ? ’ to which I 'm supposed to have said , ‘ Yeah . |
| 19 | Did n't you know that these were not originally invented to wind yarn on to ? |
| 20 | Did n't you know that everything you learn , and everything you suffer , will come in useful at some time in your life ? " |
| 21 | ‘ Did n't you know that Venus holds sway over both of us ? |
| 22 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 23 | Why did n't you come and see me before ? ’ |
| 24 | Why did n't you come and report the damage to me ? |
| 25 | Why did n't you come and tell me ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Did n't you write that awfully clever play The Rate-payer ? ’ |
| 27 | Why did n't you write and tell me all this , Alice ? |
| 28 | ‘ Anne , ’ Christine said eagerly to the surprised Anne , ‘ did n't you say that your daddy could n't get enough mistletoe to sell this Christmas ? ’ |
| 29 | Did n't you say that he 'd expect you to tidy your bedroom every day before you went to school and at night before you went to bed , that everything had to be perfectly in place ? |
| 30 | Did n't you say that those youths who got their friend drunk the other Saturday were not the kind of visitors you liked here ? ’ |