Example sentences of "and [pron] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I did miss the ability that Windows word processors have to open more than two windows on-screen at once for cutting and pasting . |
| 2 | and I did miss them . |
| 3 | I said that we ought to er somebody asked me er from one of the national papers which ought to be put in place there and I did suggest that we ought to have a statue like just been mentioned to somebody from Beeston they 've got a nice man on a bench there . |
| 4 | Right , now main agenda , where we 're being informed of a planning and environment committee 's concern at the conversion of county council owned residential accommodation to other uses , and I did suggest a briefing , but I do n't think anybody . |
| 5 | ‘ And I did arrange it before I promised to stop meddling . ’ |
| 6 | And I did return to nurse them for two years |
| 7 | And I did build their amps virtually identically , but because they use their own types of guitar and their own different effects , the amps all sounded different . |
| 8 | Well er when I er , when I er , I could n't remember much what it was now , but whatever the union fee was , when I started on me own to be er satisfied of cos of circumstances I might need money , you know , I thought it would say the union fee was a shilling , I had to pay one and six half as much as whatever it was and I did do . |
| 9 | You can talk about the nature of art — blah , blah , blah — and I did do some dribbling off into text and stuff , but now I know that movement says more to me than any of this other tosh . |
| 10 | and what I did was , there was a gap here , and I drove into the gap nose first , and I did do a hell of a lot of steering to get myself out |
| 11 | ‘ And I did admit to myself that I was in love with you that night , ’ she said huskily . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't very often ask you to do anything for me — and I did lend you my ear-rings when you went out with that Edward last week . ’ |
| 13 | Not the igneous intrusion — that 's there all right ; a colleague of mine told me about it — and I did intend to work there while I was here in Moila . |
| 14 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 15 | I told Spruce a bit about Amy and Hereward 's marriage and I did mention that I 'd seen her here on Friday night and Saturday morning . |
| 16 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ That one scene took up a whole morning and I did think to myself I could have written half a script in that time . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could spare time for a fitting , and I did think it would be a good idea if I could hold a rehearsal of everyone concerned in my part of the show before the official one . |
| 19 | ‘ And I did think of driving to Karlovy Vary to … ’ |
| 20 | B , retired persons that was the right answer , right , B , retired persons was the right answer , now some of you put D , anyone not gainfully employed and I did think I 'd explained it clearly |
| 21 | I did it in the past , right , and I did blame it on Mark , right and that last thing |
| 22 | ‘ With the Government slowly clamping down on all media coverage , unless I moved fast any chance of filming within South Africa would be gone and I did want the accuracy and flavour of the country itself to come through in the film . ’ |
| 23 | Yeah he was taken to the army from the Grammar School in Holyhead and I did want a car when he came home . |
| 24 | We have er found that to be the case there is a downward trend , but I do make the point , and I did make the point to the inspectors notwithstanding that , all of our respecting officers bar those that were doing the training of course do produce a higher work output per individual than most of our peers up and down the country and we have statis statistical evidence to support that . |
| 25 | Yes , we do need to fight and I did make reference that we need not just to organize and cooperate with other public sector workers , but we actually need to build a campaign with the users of the services . |
| 26 | Then he began to straighten up ( all this happened in a flash , really ) and I did hit him . |
| 27 | And I did brush it . ’ |
| 28 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
| 29 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 30 | question , issue three C two and three er we say that in relation to two as a matter of have categorize this as a question of law we say it probably categories a question of fact because if they 're right in there analysis of law and article eighty directive , all it means is , is that there is no market outside and that the restriction is insignificant if that being so one would answer the question , is not capable as a matter of pure law of infringing article eighty five , but in the light of the discussion yesterday afternoon of course when my learned friend comes to apply for this strike out , we may have difficulty in contesting that provision it 's not , not er , a , a major part of our case that we , we would have to re-consider it and , and I did ask your Lordship erm if your Lordship would minded to find otherwise not to block out at least the possibility of application for leave to amend and of course we 'd have to make , have to consider whether we could make a proper case out of it on what we do |