Example sentences of "did [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ The facts that we were quarrelling , that you did jump out of the car and refused to get back in when I tried to persuade you . |
| 2 | Bernice could n't see what he thought he would be able to do even if they did catch up with the shapechangers . |
| 3 | Those of us who did carry on with the flight , masochistically addicted to the hellish aimlessness of it , were obliged to leave at New Delhi , and spend a day selling brightly coloured scarves and small gold elephants on a souvenir stall . |
| 4 | Indeed it was a very misty and cloudy start , but the sun did break through in the west , the east getting some rain as well as the grey stuff . |
| 5 | The generally cooperative partnership between the local states and the developers did break down over the distribution of investment profits from central shopping development . |
| 6 | That the original Phillips curve did break down in the late 1960s is clearly illustrated in Fig. 6.3 where the curve estimated by Phillips is shown together with the observed combination of the unemployment percentage and the rate of wage inflation from 1966 to 1985 . |
| 7 | A lot of people did look out at the station , but they saw nothing strange . |
| 8 | Er your worships , the one remaining summonses , the one relating to the fact that his vehicle er , was n't taxed at the time of the accident and , I think er he he will be aware his tax er , did run out at the end of May and this accident happened on the twenty first of June . |
| 9 | Er Your Worships the one remaining summons is the one relating to the fact that his vehicle er was n't taxed at the time of the accident , and I think er you , you will be aware , his tax did run out at the end of May and this accident happened on the twenty first of June . |
| 10 | ‘ But we did stop off on the way for a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 11 | We did meet up with the Oxford contingent at the Leathern Bottle at Lewknor , just off , junction 6 on M40 , worth a visit if you 're in that area . |
| 12 | I I do n't know whether M A F F would object , but they did lay down for the selection of their site . |
| 13 | What we do need is the co-operation of the residents , and I must say that we are beginning to get the co-operation now and in fact many people did phone in after the last incident when the officers were assaulted , first of all asking for the condition of the officers and showing concern , and secondly giving us information . |
| 14 | Halsey , Heath and Ridge have argued persuasively that the post-war education system 's achievements never did match up to the meritocratic ideals of its creators . |
| 15 | In fairness , more than a very few did stand up to the committee in spite of the danger to their swimming pools and their popularity . |
| 16 | True , we were the two boys who did stand out from the other three by temper and temperament . |
| 17 | ‘ Kenny did stand out from the rest for the job , but it was an extremely hard decision , ’ said Gage . |
| 18 | I mean , if he did go off into the wilds of Anatolia , or somewhere remote like that — something might happen to him in some village , where he is n't known . ’ |
| 19 | Almost exactly a year later , a bomb did go off in the basement car park during the evening rush hour , causing many minor casualties , and about £350m in damage , about ten per cent of which was ultimately reinsured in the London market . |
| 20 | We did go down to the library . |
| 21 | If not I suggest it should be and , er , therefore if unfortunately the profits of the company did go down in the foreseeable future the salaries of yourself and your directors would be reduced . |
| 22 | We picked two poems on which it 's very easy for me to answer that kind of question because of course I did go back to the town where I was born , and erm wrote actually quite a lot of poems — well a lot , a lot for me would be four or five in that situation — of which this is probably the most successful and this one I 've put in a book . |
| 23 | And we never did go back on the payroll after that . |
| 24 | Meanwhile her mother did get on with the job . |
| 25 | Anyway , we met up , and we never did get back for the last act . |
| 26 | But they , they did come up with the work on the results , and then they , they did get time to plan it . |
| 27 | One of the warmer meetings I 've done but th I think that we did come out in the end with all bar four people in the room , I believe that 's right Councillor is it ? |
| 28 | The rain certainly did come down during the night , it was so loud on the window the noise made it difficult to sleep . |
| 29 | Levels of recorded crime certainly did shoot up in the years following the implementation of the 1933 Act , and the crime rate for boys under 14 years of age found guilty of indictable offences almost doubled in only three years . |
| 30 | But this time they did turn in between the lion-surmounted gateposts . |