Example sentences of "when we did [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 I , I , maybe before we start that , on the point of reductions , and I 'll ask both er , George and , and er , Jean and Mike to , to speak for the different political groups , as part of the P A G , erm , when we did go through this process , I , I mean it was very difficult for us as a P A G.
2 When we did meet a dog , we always stopped to chat with the owner — if the dog would let us !
3 I planned and connived whilst at Ludlow but never , even in my wildest dreams , did I envisage that , when we did meet , it would be in such dire circumstances ! ’
4 When we did start playing proper gigs we got surprisingly good money .
5 It could not come fast enough , though when we did arrive , as I said at the start , we were suddenly reluctant to go in : victims of a misplaced scepticism about the generosity of fellow climbers .
6 And we used to go to town , we used to have really good , good er good day erm we used to have a procession and erm local , course local dignitaries used to come er , I I 've got a , one or two pictures in my scrapbook where erm it , I was asking , telling Jean she would have to look up er when we did begin trendsetters .
7 When we did get to play , the stage was a set that Logan had designed for a movie — the court scene in Derek Jarman 's Sebastiane .
8 When we did get a bath it was really quick — just in and out .
9 Leeds battled fiercely with Whelan playing well up front , holding the ball and putting decent balls in the box a lot ( he came on for Rocky at half time ) but when we did get back in it it was Deano who was in the box and looking like scoring who got hauled down and the ref points to the spot .
10 ‘ The service to the frontmen was n't good enough and when we did get the ball to them , we immediately gave it away , ’ he said .
11 It was mainly equipment setting up , and then when we did rehearse we only did a couple of songs a day . ’
12 We saw less and less of each other and fought like tigers when we did spend time together .
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