Example sentences of "they [verb] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did send me a cheque for £8 , which I returned as inadequate . |
| 2 | Yeah , they did do I 'm not sure . |
| 3 | Yes they did tell me that your Lordship . |
| 4 | And they did delegate me , of course , handing me a guitar to get rid of . |
| 5 | They did give me the name of the hospital Salome was in and the taller one told me that the accident had happened ‘ just off the M20 near Wrotham ’ , but they had no more details , they were just running errands for the Kent police . |
| 6 | They , they , they did get me , and I do n't know how they got my number . |
| 7 | They did ask me if they but erm I can im I ca n't imagine that has n't told th the of the C W L , has she ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So when they did consent I worked fast . |
| 10 | So when they did consent I worked fast . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know that I ever 'ad one , the orphanage never said I did , but they did say me birthday was December the second , and that I was born in 1889 . ’ |
| 12 | But they did say I think distinctly that they did not pick up at Norwood Gardens . |
| 13 | Conversation had to be minimal , but they did guide me through the maze of one-way streets , diversions and road-works which makes driving in Prague difficult even if there are no other cars on the streets . |
| 14 | so they did put me onto some . |
| 15 | She said : ‘ They did harm me , and where were you when it happened ? ’ |
| 16 | If they were n't there and if they were n't being used , then there may well be more and more p pressure on the city centre of York , so they do discharge I think er a positive function . |
| 17 | ( A lightning bolt of fear convulsed Chesarynth this time : They do mean me ! ) |
| 18 | What they do see me doing is the school run , shopping , cooking their meals and running the household . |
| 19 | Yeah , cos it 's usually a Friday , they do mess me about ! |
| 20 | Black market , but then they do know me , which helps . ’ |
| 21 | Oh they do , yes they do like I mean going back forty seven round there well perhaps you know , forty six were n't it ? |
| 22 | Who knows , even if they do catch me , Mr Crangle and I might get on and become good friends . ’ |