Example sentences of "you [adv] did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might feel , you perhaps did feel , is it not astonishingly self-centred , is it not even offensively self-centred , this concern with his own greatness , his own importance , what I am writing now , what I shall achieve . |
| 2 | Though the other fellow did say all the kind of things you just did say . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You always did stay up late , ’ she said , moving towards him , standing provocatively close , before walking past him into the hall . |
| 4 | Because I think in the so called Good Old Days , you always did stand up when you heard the National Anthem played . |
| 5 | ‘ You always did like strange new places . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ By the Lord , Jimmie , you always did have rose-edged ambitions , but like sunsets they fade . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You always did have a gallant streak , Jimmie , ’ Randall said , skirting the crowd . |
| 8 | ‘ You always did have strange ideas . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You always did believe it possible to cure other people 's unhappiness , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ He just said : ‘ Tell her : ‘ You always did say I did daft things if you were n't around to stop me . ’ ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You always did say that her fairies were the lightest you ever tasted . ’ |
| 12 | I wonder if you ever did intend to keep the date you made with Jean , or was it just some power game you like to play ? |
| 13 | You 're , you , so you 're perhaps here just to find out what trouble you could get into if you ever did agree to do an interview ? |
| 14 | In fact , I do n't think there was a time when you ever did belong to me . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Is n't this just the cutest place you ever did see , Nick ? ’ |
| 16 | She was pale and willowy , with a large mouth and the most amazing violet eyes that you ever did see . |
| 17 | we 're going to stay afloat now for news of a top European win for the Laser firm of Banbury.With the help of computers and fashion , their sailing craft are on the crest of the highest wave you ever did see |
| 18 | ‘ You nearly did lose me , ’ she managed huskily . |
| 19 | He was very heroic , but erm you probably did address |
| 20 | ‘ So you really did change me into a wolf , Mr Bilsiter ? ’ cried Mrs Hampton . |
| 21 | No … not if you really did do it for Mummy , of course … ’ |
| 22 | I think erm casualty was the worst in that you had very very long hours to do erm sometimes you were on call from five o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock the following morning , and you did that for a whole week so by the end of the time you really did feel inhuman , you were very very tired . |
| 23 | Christmas is less than seven weeks away ; forgive us if it all seems too early , but would n't it be terrific if this year , just for a change , you really did manage to get everything done ahead of time so you could actually enjoy the break … ? |
| 24 | It would be different if you really did love him , but I do n't think you do … certainly not enough to make the kind of sacrifices that would be necessary if you did marry him . ’ |
| 25 | Is it true that you really did have a nightmare time in your early life , with all the operations on your foot ? |
| 26 | ‘ This thing you heard her say — you really did hear it ? |
| 27 | ‘ You really did like him , did n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | You really did say … ’ |
| 29 | ‘ After our night together , when Peter turned up next day , you were so savage , as if you really did believe all those terrible things you were saying about me — I do n't understand why you changed so suddenly — ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You really did seem horrible . |