Example sentences of "but i [adv] did " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mostly did n't know which fragments were recent and which were fossil . |
| 2 | There was obviously some sort of sexual element to it but I just did n't know what to do next and expected this man , who was about two or three years older than me , to , in some way , tell me or indicate to me and so I followed him without talking to him . |
| 3 | Like with the conditions at Holloway , I knew it would be no picnic , but I just did n't think they would treat human beings like that , anywhere . |
| 4 | I had no idea what else I might do , but I just did not want to play tournament golf . |
| 5 | I could see that would be more green , but I just did n't know how it was more fair . |
| 6 | ‘ Idiotic of me , really , but I just did n't have time to ask . ’ |
| 7 | But I just did n't want to go , it was to my grandmother and old John they used to say , Oh no , you do n't want to school , you 're supposed to stay here at home . |
| 8 | I figured I ought to be the person to make her grow , but I just did n't know how . |
| 9 | Yes , to be fair Jenny came in er , on Friday to talk to me about it , but I just did n't have time , I was rushing off to a meeting so I 've |
| 10 | No the ones down the corner looked better at , but I just did n't feel like standing there in the cold . |
| 11 | Because they 've got the land , but I just did n't get on . |
| 12 | ‘ It took me weeks , but I finally did it . |
| 13 | ‘ Houses I adore , but I always did . |
| 14 | But I always did a good line in love potions . |
| 15 | But I always did hate rules . |
| 16 | ‘ I had the hit record , the duet with Sarah , but I actually did all the songs with the orchestra , pretty well the whole Phantom role . |
| 17 | I did n't know whether to go for the oatmeal for second choice or whether to stick to the saxe , but I definitely did not want jet or donkey , that I did know . |
| 18 | Normally he would n't touch a job as small as the cottage , but I once did a favour for his father , and when I mentioned that I was having trouble finding someone to do the job he volunteered . ’ |
| 19 | With a smile as slow as his own , she murmured , ‘ You wo n't believe it , I know , but I truly did n't . ’ |
| 20 | But I really did n't want to go to Combe Court . |
| 21 | I did n't want to be naughty , but I really did n't want to go to Combe Court . |
| 22 | I am sure that it is an unpopular thing to say , but I really did enjoy School Practice . |
| 23 | But I really did like it at the end when he got back with his mother and the rest of the family and they had a lovely Christmas with hundreds of presents . |
| 24 | And it was grossly unprofessional but I really did n't think that much of it . ’ |
| 25 | But I really did n't expect then to contact me . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sorry to bring my troubles here but I really did n't know where else to go . ’ |
| 27 | But I really did think he did . |
| 28 | ‘ Crazy , I know , but I really did begin to think it ! ’ |
| 29 | They were like Little And Large in a way , but I never did work out which one was the straight man . |
| 30 | Many wives complain to their husbands about petty things which happen during the day , but I never did . |