Example sentences of "did [verb] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mind you , I did think last year the grant was down too low , at eight hundred thousand , but that was the amount they put in , it was two point eight , I think , to start with , and two million pounds offered in the end . |
2 | One question policyholders should ask is — if the company did underperform last year , has this limited its options ? |
3 | My form did dip last season and the criticism did begin to affect me , but I thought ‘ Sod it . |
4 | What name have you given to the Water Hen which migrates to us yearly — or which did migrate last year and the year before . |
5 | And though this may sound macabre , I did enjoy last night once it got going . |
6 | ‘ Afraid that he would do something … well , something like he did do last week . ’ |
7 | But he did reconsider next day , when he saw her watching the passage of the porter from the refectory before noon , and following him with her eyes as he turned in between infirmary and schoolroom , where the two small stony cells were built into the angle of the wall , close to the wicket that led through to the mill and the pond . |
8 | Though frequently bothered by recurring back trouble , Kimmins did return last week for the runaway win over Vale of Lune . |
9 | It did have last year . |
10 | And yes you ask and open probe , but follow up with secondary and tertiary open probes , what they mean if you broke your back and could n't pay the bills , how would you suffer , what would , what would be the problems if , god forbid , you did die last night , what would you want your family to have how much do you want them to have , when do you want them to have it what would they go without if they did n't have it okay so they start building mental pictures rather than saying okay you need hundred thousand pounds worth of life assurance , because that 's a fact |
11 | See , I did go last week |
12 | ‘ A boat did arrive last night , after Hector Luath had gone to his bed . |
13 | It 's come in in different ways , maths , English and science from Spring Gardens is separate separate sheets which we can actually take out the files and give to each department , there 's no problem there Saint John 's again , is separate sheets , Collingwood is n't , it 's actually on photocopiable sheets , we either cut them up and give them out separately in some form or whatever , and what I 've , what we hope to do over the next maybe this year is to ask them for a sheet each , for each subject that we can actually take out of the file and give to each department , so that is has arrived , it ha did arrive last year but it arrived in such hotch botch that we did n't actually give it out , but we certainly have it this year and Marian and I certainly , Marian anyway will get that together and give it out to departments . |
14 | The same as I did mention last week , . |
15 | Those who have a cold or flu are doubting whether they have had enough time to get over the illness , even if it did strike last November . |
16 | Germany 's trade surplus with the rest of the European Community did shrink last year , to DM65 billion ( $40 billion ) from DM94 billion in 1989 . |
17 | Yes , she did say last time one of her friends would like the job . |
18 | Well , I , I , mean I have been in before and I did say last time we were n't very happy , . |