Example sentences of "and they did [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was not unaware that Therese disapproved of the use of her mother 's Christian name — the French had it all straight , about the family , about death , and how to talk about it ; and they did talk : familiar with death . |
| 2 | And they did delegate me , of course , handing me a guitar to get rid of . |
| 3 | You need to get that , need to keep that down because if you do go to the hospital , and they did decide to take that out , they would ne d they would check your blood pressure and they would chase you . |
| 4 | And they did go in there . |
| 5 | And they did meet . |
| 6 | Er now did we get John back or we 've forgotten John now because he 's in a shop serving customers in Ripon and er great take away Indian there very very good take away Indian and they did ask me this would you please play this so hang on . |
| 7 | The identical method used to breed the parents was used to spawn this pair — and they did spawn . |
| 8 | Those young people , well , they did talk a bit loudly and show off , but they always had a smile and a pleasant word , and they did brighten the place up a bit , you could n't deny it . |
| 9 | And they did come out more or less straight away and well I say drop a bit in |
| 10 | In the case of Camden and Islington , the authority did have good officers , and they did have the capacity to plan for a future district based provision . |
| 11 | Whilst there , I ask if they had a spare room , and they did have one upstairs which was very cheap . |
| 12 | They were very attractive and they did have the advantage that you could take them down and plunge the whole thing in water and wash it and er |
| 13 | American style restaurants usually cater well for children so The Manhattan in Bradbury Place looked an ideal spot and they did have a kiddies ' menu . |
| 14 | and they did have bungalows for Rhodesians over here in different parts of England |
| 15 | Originally you were n't really looking at it , five of you all fell into the same trap , you know , they , they get half way through , and they did have something to do and they did sort of start rushing . |
| 16 | And they did have planning permission . |
| 17 | And so it was , and they did live happily ever after . |
| 18 | And they did look really good when when they had been finished . |
| 19 | Yeah when I went in the ladies loo there was one woman in there and they did look nice |
| 20 | I think that they may be frightened to speak up and that they 're scared that if they say something that they do n't know , like a lot of them do n't know the facts , like today , in the same class as Janine across there , some of them did n't know even the very the pro , progression of the male pill or anything like that , and they did learn a few things but a again they never spoke up and they were n't interested , but I |
| 21 | And they did cry aloud in one voice saying , ‘ There is no God but Elvis nor has there ever been . ’ |
| 22 | Of course , people did agree with each other , and they did disagree , and they argued , persuaded , insinuated . |
| 23 | But some tablets were kindly provided and they did alleviate the problem . |
| 24 | And they did notice him . |