Example sentences of "but we [vb past] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , I make a point of never saying I told you so , but we did expect the upturn to come , because fundamentally stru er , Camco is a strong business . |
| 2 | It took an hour or more to jog along from Canonbury to Paddington , but we did reach the enchanted spot at last . |
| 3 | I grew up in an area that did n't have any live theatre to speak of , but we did have a local cinema house , and I was just in awe of this thing called the cinema . |
| 4 | But we did have a lot of fun . ’ |
| 5 | But we did have a church near us , and that church had a school . |
| 6 | We did n't have an explosion but we did have a big fire . |
| 7 | Very quick it was but we did have a nice bath did n't |
| 8 | Up until very recently , it was for men only , but we did persuade the Charity Commission that times were changing and that if perchance there was a lady who was disabled , she would also be able to qualify . |
| 9 | We did n't actually speak to him but we did get an ‘ all right boys ? ’ as he went past . ’ |