Example sentences of "i did a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I eventually weighed under six stone and looked at myself in the mirror ( which , in common with other anorexics , I did a great deal ) I saw someone beautiful : I saw myself . |
| 2 | From then on I did a great deal of telephoning to him ; but , as usual , he preferred contact de vive voix . |
| 3 | I did a great deal of work for my constituency as an MP and plan to do a lot more . |
| 4 | So I went in there and I thought oh God , I mean I could , if you gave me , if I did a nice sketch and worked on it , if I spent a day a might |
| 5 | I did a terrible thing to Kate Bush . |
| 6 | I did a combined cycle and hiking day ; rode over the hill to Wainuiomata and down to the Rimutaka Forest Park , then tramped through the bush and up a long ridge to the top of Mount McKerrow . |
| 7 | So went in the car park , turned back took the first er er , er well I did a right then |
| 8 | I did a two metre batch . |
| 9 | I did a similar thing once , although from the less salubrious surroundings of Manchester , so felt an instant rapport . |
| 10 | I believe I did a good job , as Louis was a kind , caring and considerate young man . |
| 11 | at about twenty past two I did a good deed for the day . |
| 12 | — And then I did a daft thing . |
| 13 | I did a little research at the time of the East German business . |
| 14 | Oh , yes , ’ he added when Robyn looked up at him in surprise , ‘ I did a little research on you before inviting you to tender for this job — I at least go about things in a methodical and planned way . |
| 15 | I did a few odds and ends in the garden on Saturday , played a round of golf on Sunday morning . |
| 16 | I did a few concerts with him , he was a very good performer . |
| 17 | She responded , but almost as if I was n't there , so I did a few gestures in front of her face — Signalman Flagging Down Runaway Express , sort of thing — and she briefly focused on me and laughed and then went back into her secret nuptial sett . |
| 18 | I did a few of them . |
| 19 | I did a few jobs for you — mostly , I listened to people and passed information along . |
| 20 | I did a few while I was out , but most of them in prison . |
| 21 | To warm myself up I did a few tried and tested jokes , ‘ You do n't have a vase ? ’ being my oldest and most standard one . |
| 22 | I did a few of the last ones but . |
| 23 | I did a social autopsy on these conventions . |
| 24 | ‘ I expected it to be hard because , when we tested here last February , I did a full race distance and it was hard work , very painful . ’ |
| 25 | I did a two-week placement at Epicraft , a local centre for people with epilepsy , helping them with their crafts . |
| 26 | I did a dreadful thing , the worst thing of my life , when I was twelve and a half years old , or I feel that I did , and nothing can change it … ’ |
| 27 | It was obviously more than a weed or even a wild flower so I did a quick turn-round and decided that it was quite pretty with its two-tone yellow tubular flowers and ferny leaves . |
| 28 | I did a quick triple-take and having made sure there was n't a ventriloquist anywhere , I said : |
| 29 | I did a quick walk-round check . |
| 30 | Well I did a quick trip to our Arthur 's cos I lent him some money today . |